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The comedian, 48, is being criticized by many in the LGBTQ+ community for seemingly doubling down on comments he made about the transgender community in his previous special "Sticks & Stones," and he’s shown no signs of contrition since prominent LGBTQ+ organizations have spoken out against both him and Netflix for giving him a platform. .

Dave Chappelle caught backlash for comments he made on his recent Netflix special ‘The Closer.’.

The reason so many people think that Chappelle is doubling down on past comments is that he dedicated roughly the last third of his comedy special to talk about LGBTQ+ issues, specifically when it comes to the transgender community.

During a portion of this latest special, Chappelle argued that anyone who was truly paying attention to his past work would know that he wasn’t ever actually talking about the transgender community when he was making them the butt of his jokes. .

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Rowling during his latest Netflix special 'The Closer.'.

While Chappelle seemingly had a defense for his past comments, a lot of people who tuned into "The Closer" found his comments defending "Harry Potter" author J.K.

Rowling – my God," Chappelle says in his special.

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"Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth, that is a fact," Chappelle says in the special.

Dace Chappelle spoke about rapper DaBaby in his recent Netflix special

In "The Closer," Chappelle noted that the rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, suffered more career strife from the homophobic comments than from a 2018 shooting he committed that left a 19-year-old dead

"Part of the LGBTQ+ community doesn't know DaBaby's history," Chappelle says

Dave Chappelle spoke directly to the LGBTQ+ community to close out his special

A lot of Chappelle’s special was dedicated to talking about his past jokes about the LGBTQ+ community and the ensuing controversy it sparked

As a result, despite spending a lot of time in his special discussing the community, he noted that he would not be discussing it any further. 

Throughout "The Closer,'' Chappelle noted how the phrase annoyed him when it was applied to his comments on the LGBTQ+ community by his critics