West Hollywood, CA – Dave Chappelle was performing on the Hollywood Improv Comedy Membership in Los Angeles on Wednesday night time (January 16) with Chappelle’s Present co-star Donnell Rawlings. Throughout their time on stage, Rawlings requested Chappelle what occurred when R. Kelly confronted him about his notorious “Piss On You” sketch.
“The week that sketch got here out we had been in Chicago at a Frequent present and his goons busted in my room,” he says within the clip. “I don’t know if it was his goons, however they positive did like him. Kelly stated to me], ‘The way you gonna do this video with me peeing on a bitch like that?’ And I stated, ‘How you gonna make a video like that?’ My thoughts’s telling me no. However you recognize what? My physique’s telling me sure.”
Chappelle’s Present co-creator Neal Brennan lately spoke about what Kelly’s goons that night time in an interview with The Breakfast Membership.
“I don’t assume folks perceive what comedy is meant to do,” Brennan stated earlier this week. “We’ll observe issues, we are going to make enjoyable issues. Did folks need us to spherical up a posse and go arrest R. Kelly? His goons stepped to Dave in Chicago and Dave’s goons intervened. The goons negotiated.”
The “Piss On You” sketch debuted in 2003 after a video the R&B star urinating on a younger lady surfaced in 2002. Kelly’s inappropriate sexual habits was lately explored in Lifetime’s six-part documentary, Surviving R. Kelly. Chappelle spoke concerning the aftermath the docu-series and inspired his fellow comedians to talk up when one thing doesn’t appear proper.
Regardless of Kelly’s questionable previous, Chappelle reluctantly handed the King R&B crown to Kellz at a present in Toronto final month.