Dave Chappelle joined fellow comedians Kevin Hart, Chris Tucker, Wayne Brady, Hannibal Buress and more during the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
Dave Chappelle has claimed that free speech is under threat in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The stand-up comedian, 52, had been strongly criticized ...
The comedian performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival, an event that has divided the comedy world. Dave Chappelle lamented the state of free speech in America during a stand-up set at Saudi Arabia's Riyadh ...
It’s easier to talk here than it is in America,” Dave Chappelle told an audience in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Chappelle was in the kingdom as part of the Riyadh Comedy Festival. His decision — and ...
Dave Chappelle was in Saudi Arabia this week, where he was one of the biggest names—and also, one can only assume, the biggest paychecks—at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival. Per The New York ...
David Cross and Marc Maron sharply critiqued pro free-speech comics who took the gig. Burr raved about the experience on his podcast.
Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson and Dave Chappelle are among those receiving backlash for participating in the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
Several comedians are facing criticism for headlining the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz reports on the controversy as performers such as Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, ...
The comedian revealed on Threads that she turned down an offer to appear at the festival where Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr and Pete Davidson are set to perform.
“Repression of free speech is no laughing matter,” the nonprofit Human Rights Watch said on Instagram. “Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which falls during the seventh anniversary ...
Many of the comics attending are taking heat — deservedly so — from other comedians and human rights groups in light of the Saudi government’s track record of human rights abuses. Saudi Arabia’s use ...
The Riyadh Comedy Festival will feature performances from dozens of American comedians, but human rights groups and fellow comedians have slammed participants for ignoring human rights abuses.