Dave Chappelle is slammed for telling crowd that Charlie Kirk’s assassination made him ‘feel better’

The comic carried out at a sold-out program in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday night when he made the surprising admission.

I feel f *** ed up stating this. It’s frightening being a speaker,’ Chappelle, 53, informed a crowd according to a clip flowing online.

‘And I indicate, look, since that guy Charlie Kirk got killed … and I should not state this openly, however I feel much better,’ he shared as individuals chuckled and clapped.

He continued: ‘I understand I should not state that, however it’s simply a sensation. I didn’t ask to feel by doing this. I simply be driving around like, “Why am I in such a good mood? Oh!”

Kirk was fatally shot in the neck while speaking at a Turning Point USA occasion at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025.

Chappelle was met instant criticism over his remark, consisting of by conservative analyst Benny Johnson.

‘When Dave Chappelle was assaulted on phase, Charlie defended him. After Charlie was killed in an act of political violence himself, Chappelle is joking about it,’ Johnson stated on X.

He was describing a tweet that Kirk shared in May 2022 protecting the comic after he was assaulted on phase at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

‘By declining to charge the armed maniac who assaulted Dave Chappelle on phase, George Gascon is sending out a clear message that public acts of political violence are understandable – and even motivated – versus anybody who attempts speak up versus The Regime,’ Kirk composed at the time. ‘It’s Sinister & & Un-American.’

Megyn Kelly reshared Johnson’s post and stated: ‘Despicable.’

Erika Kirk, who was left a widow after her partner passed away on September 10, 2025, likewise condemned Chappelle over his remark.

‘To see leftist podcasters, comics, and analysts laugh about political assassination as though it’s home entertainment and the damage of a human life is a punchline, is beyond revolting,’ she shared on X on Sunday afternoon.

‘My spouse, Charlie Kirk, was eliminated in an act of political violence, something our 2 kids and I will deal with every day for the rest of our lives.

A culture that makes fun of assassination is among extensive ethical decay. It threatens the really structure of our nation and the concepts that hold our democracy together.

‘You do not need to concur with somebody’s politics to acknowledge the worth of their life. This need to not be so hard. Political violence needs to never ever be something this nation endures, reasons, or commemorates.’

Chappelle carried out back-to-back programs that closed his ‘Karmageddon’ trip. Saturday night’s program was marketed as phone-free, with participants informed to seal their gadgets in a supplied pouch that is implied to lock phones away momentarily.

His remark about Kirk’s death likewise happens a year after he confessed that the shooting surprised him throughout his Netflix unique ‘The Unstoppable.’

‘If you talk for a living and see Charlie Kirk get killed that method, I’m gon na be sincere, I was shook,’ he mentioned at the time.

Liberal podcaster Jennifer Welch was likewise just recently in the hot spot for a remark she made about Kirk’s death.

She buffooned his assassination on the Thursday episode of her podcast, I’ve Had It, as she and her co-host, Angie Sullivan, stated the midterms wipeout represented a cultural shift for the country.

Checking out aloud their preferred social networks jokes about the return of ‘Woke 3.0’, Welch started with President Trump-style renaming of landmarks, such as ‘Pronoun Park’ and ‘Trans Towers.’

‘You can’t even fathom the pronouns we’re going to create. You can’t even pronounce them,’ she continued, checking out off X posts mocking Republican losses.

‘They’re going to provide newborns septum piercings at the medical facility.

‘Make sure you open that b * tch up on Sundays from here on out, Chick-fil-A.

‘No more Sunday school homophobes. No more. No more mega church Sunday school homophobes.’

In her last joke from the list, Welch and Sullivan might barely include their laughter as the host read: ‘We’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it once again.’

The set later on shared that the joke was ‘insensitive’ and excused stating it.

Kirk’s supposed killer, Tyler Robinson, has actually been charged with intensified murder, that makes him qualified for the capital punishment. The 22-year-old has actually pleaded innocent.

Robinson has actually not upheld MAGA views, and district attorneys declare he admitted to eliminating the conservative activist due to the fact that he ‘had sufficient of his hatred.’