Legendary Aussie comedian Hannah Gadsby has taken aim at Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos for defending Dave Chappelle amid recent controversy.
ICYMI, Chappelle‘s latest stand-up special for Netflix, The Closer, has received backlash for appearing to contain transphobic comments.
Although the special sees Chappelle defend past remarks from JK Rowling and mock gender identities, Sarandos claimed in a staff memo that these comments don’t “directly translate to real-world harm.”
Sarandos continued on to say that the streaming service was “working hard to ensure marginalised communities aren’t defined by a single story,” adding: “So we have Sex Education, Orange Is the New Black, Control Z, Hannah Gadsby and Dave Chappelle all on Netflix. Key to this is increasing diversity on the content team itself.”
Now, Gadsby, whose last two comedy specials Nanette and Douglas are available on Netflix, has taken to Instagram to call out Sarandos for bringing her into the discussion.
“Hey Ted Sarandos… just a quick note to let you know that I would prefer if you didn’t drag my name into your mess. Now I have to deal with even more of the hate and anger that Dave Chappelle’s fans like to unleash on me every time Dave gets 20 million dollars to process his emotionally stunted partial word view,” she wrote.
“You didn’t pay me nearly enough to deal with the real world consequences of the hate speech dog whistling you refuse to acknowledge, Ted. Fuck you and your amoral algorithm cult… I do shits with more back bone than you. That’s just a joke! I definitely didn’t cross a line because there isn’t one.”
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