Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, is slamming Dave Chappelle’s “disgusting” punchline, in which he claims he “feels better” after Charlie’s death.
On Saturday (November 7), Chappelle stood before a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden. In a leaked clip going viral on X, Chappelle joked about Charlie’s political assassination. In the clip, he admitted:
“I feel f**ked up saying this. It’s scary being a public speaker. And I mean look, ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered … and I shouldn’t say this publicly, but I feel better. I know I shouldn’t say that, but it’s just a feeling. I didn’t ask to feel this way. I just be driving around like, ‘Why am I in such a good mood? Oh!’”
Now, Chappelle has spoken about Charlie in the past. During his Netflix stand-up special, ‘The Unstoppable,’ Chappelle condemned those comparing Charlie to Martin Luther King Jr. He complained that Charlie “fundamentally can’t function like” a civil rights leader … and that internet personalities “are negative because they have to be.”
Since Dave Chappelle’s latest commentary on Charlie Kirk, his widow, Erika Kirk, is speaking out to condemn him and others joking about the political assassination. While taking to her X account, she wrote:
“To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting. My husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed in an act of political violence, something our two children and I will live with every day for the rest of our lives. A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together. You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life. This should not be so hard. Political violence must never be something this country tolerates, excuses, or celebrates.”
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