David Chappelle brings surprise guest Elon Musk on stage during San Francisco comedy show

Dave Chappelle introduced a shock visitor on stage at his San Francisco present on Sunday: Elon Musk. The billionaire proprietor of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter drew combined reactions from the viewers on the Chase Middle, which holds about 19,500 folks. 

“Girls and gents, make some noise for the richest man on the earth,” Chappelle stated as the gang each applauded and jeered.  “Cheers and boos, I see.” Chappelle is on tour with Chris Rock, who co-headlined the present. 

“It feels like a few of the folks you fired are within the viewers,” Chappelle joked because the viewers continued to erupt. “People who find themselves booing — and I am simply mentioning the apparent — you may have horrible seats.” He additionally joked about Musk’s plans for house exploration with SpaceX, telling him he wished the primary comedy membership on Mars. 

Musk is teetering on the sting in terms of retaining the title of richest man on the earth. Bernard Arnault, who alongside along with his household owns style empire LVMH, briefly eclipsed him final week, as buyers reacted to Musks’ current enterprise selections at Tesla and Twitter, in accordance with Forbes.

Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion this fall and instantly began firing prime executives and hundreds of workers. He has draw criticism for his overhaul of the social media platform, main some celeb customers to give up amid considerations that his reversals on content material moderation, misinformation, verified accounts and banned customers would enable an explosion of deception and hate speech.

Chappelle has additionally drawn controversy after his 2021 Netflix particular, which protesters criticized as transphobic. 

Chappelle instructed the viewers at Sunday’s present that there is one thing higher they’ll do than booing. “I’m your ally,” he stated. “I want all people on this auditorium peace and the enjoyment of feeling free. That your pursuit of happiness makes you cheerful. Amen.” He then bid the viewers goodnight. 

A number of movies of the second (which include vulgar language) had been shared on YouTube by Matt Novak, a senior author at Gizmodo. “This video was deleted from Twitter for some purpose. It is being shared right here within the curiosity of free speech,” he wrote.