She spoke as LGBTQ activists continue to bash the comic for his jokes about the transgender community in the special. 'We must never yield or bow to those who wish to stop us from speaking our minds,' the retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete wrote. It's about woke cancel culture run amok, trying to silence free speech.' Jenner, the world's most famous transgender woman, tweeted Tuesday: 'Dave Chappelle is 100% right. Published: 14:41 GMT, 27 October 2021 | Updated: 16:08 GMT, 28 October 2021Ĭaitlyn Jenner has come to Dave Chappelle's defense amid controversy over his Netflix special The Closer, saying the comic is '100% right' to stand up to transgender protesters angered by his gags. In the stand-up special Chappelle joked about JK Rowling's 2019 statement that transgender women were not actually women and were a threat to her identity.Chappelle and Netflix have faced backlash from the LGBTQ community for remarks made in his latest special.'Thank god for Ted Sarandos at Netflix, he's the only one who didn't cancel me yet,' Chappelle said in the Instagram video posted Monday, from a recent set.Comedian Chappelle said distributors and film festivals 'won't touch' his documentary amid controversy surrounding his Netflix special The Closer.In the clip, Chappelle said 'the media frames it as me versus that community,' but the conflict stems from 'corporate interests, and what I can say and cannot say'.'We must never yield or bow to those who wish to stop us from speaking our minds,' the world's most famous transgender woman then added.'Dave Chappelle is 100% right,' Jenner tweeted Tuesday in response to a clip Chappelle posted to Instagram Monday.Caitlyn Jenner has come to Dave Chappelle's defense amid controversy over his Netflix special The Closer, taking to Twitter Tuesday to support the comic.Caitlyn Jenner says Dave Chappelle is '100% right' to face down angry transgender mob over his new Netflix special and says backlash against him is 'woke cancel culture run amok, trying to silence free speech'
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