Stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle has had his popular sketch series Chappelle’s Show taken off of Netflix as the result of a payment dispute.
In an Instagram video entitled “Unforgiven”, Dave Chappelle claimed he “never got paid” after leaving the show over much-publicized creative differences with the CBS/Viacom Network.
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Dave Chappelle states:
“They (ViacomCBS) didn’t have to pay me because I signed the contract,” Chappelle said in the video. “But is that right? I found out that these people were streaming my work and they never had to ask me or they never have to tell me. Perfectly legal ‘cause I signed the contract. But is that right? I didn’t think so either.
That’s why I like working for Netflix. I like working for Netflix because when all those bad things happened to me, that company didn’t even exist. And when I found out they were streaming ‘Chappelle’s Show,’ I was furious. How could they not– how could they not know? So you know what I did? I called them and I told them that this makes me feel bad. And you want to know what they did? They agreed that they would take it off their platform just so I could feel better.”
Dave Chappelle on the Chappelle’s Show Confusion
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This may come as a hard blow for Netflix users as Chappelle’s Show became available on the streaming platform about 3 weeks prior to this writing. The show also became available on HBOMax around that time and is currently still available there, CBS All-Access, and Comedy Central where it originally aired. Chappelle has called Netflix his comedy home and performed several specials for the service which are still available to stream there.
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Chappelle’s Show ran for three seasons from 2003-2006 on Comedy Central and was headlined, executive produced, and created by Dave Chappelle. It is still available to stream on HBO Max, CBS All-Access, and Comedy Central. What do You think of the news surrounding Chappelle’s Show? Leave a comment below or on our Twitter.
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Source: Variety