Fans shred comedian John Mulaney for being a 'transphobe.' Why? Because Dave Chappelle opened for him.



Fans say that comedian and former "Saturday Night Live" writer John Mulaney is transphobic — all because comedian Dave Chappelle opened for him ahead of a recent set.

What are the details?

Mulaney is apparently being branded transphobic by association after Chappelle — who has been accused of transphobia for joking about the transgender community — opened for the comedian ahead of a Friday show in Columbus, Ohio.

Fans who attended the show took their grievances to social media, where they castigated Mulaney for allowing Chappelle to associate with the show.

One user, @boobeoisie, went viral for remarks about the show.

The user wrote, "Tell me why I just went to the John Mulaney show and Dave Chappelle was a surprise opener and made not only a transphobic joke but a homophobic one."

Another fan said that they felt "ambushed" by Chappelle's appearance.

"[M]y favorite part of tonight was when dave chappelle ambushed us at the john mulaney show, told a bunch of transphobic jokes, a massive stadium of people laughed, and then john mulaney hugged him at the end," the user wrote.

One user — who identified as transgender — added, "Pretty disappointed in John Mulaney, saw him tonight and yeah, he was funny, but he gave Dave Chapelle the platform to make some transphobic jokes. Also very disheartening to hear a crowd of 12,000 around you (a trans person) laughing at transphobic jokes. Thanks Columbus."

Another wrote, "John Mulaney is not only responsible for platforming DC, but for yet another wave of cis a**holes yelling at trans people that we're overreacting and we deserve this treatment and cruelty. F***in sucks!!

One offended attendee told BuzzFeed News that Chappelle's jokes were "low-hanging fruit" for a "red state like Ohio."

"[Chappelle] was punching down on an already marginalized and institutionally abused community,” the fan told the outlet. “It was embarrassing seeing a revered man in his craft become so tacky and boomer-esque.”

The fan added, “It, unfortunately, makes sense — it was a low-hanging fruit of a joke in a red state like Ohio. In the end, he told the upset audience members to relax. The obvious grasp at trying to receive backlash and act shocked that he did receive ... it was embarrassing.”

Comedian John Mulaney says Secret Service investigated him over a joke he told on 'SNL'



Comedian John Mulaney hosted "Saturday Night Live" on Feb. 29 and made a joke alluding to the killing of the president — though without mentioning the president himself or the office of the president.

As a result of the joke, Mulaney revealed this week that the U.S. Secret Service opened a file on him and investigated his comments.

What happened?

Mulaney told Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" that a joke he told on "SNL" on Feb. 29 got him a call from the Secret Service.

The joke, he said, was not about Trump but about leap year and the murder of "powerful maniac" Julius Caesar at the hands of the Roman Senate.

What was the joke? From Mulaney's Feb. 29 appearance on "SNL" (emphasis added):

Leap year began in the year 45 B.C. under Julius Caesar — this is true. He started the leap year in order to correct the calendar, and we still do it to this day.

Another thing that happened under Julius Caesar was he was such a powerful maniac that all the senators grabbed knives, and they stabbed him to death.

That would be an interesting thing if we brought that back now.

For a joke that he now says wasn't about the president, it is worth noting he followed the punchline with, "I asked my lawyer if I could make that joke, and he said, 'Let me call another lawyer.' And that lawyer said yes."

John Mulaney Monologue - SNLyoutu.be

Mulaney repeated the joke to Kimmel, but told it slightly (yet significantly) differently from how he told it on "SNL."

"In February, I did a joke that was not about Donald Trump," Mulaney said on Kimmel's show. "The joke was about how it was a leap year and leap year was started by Julius Cesar to correct the calendar. And another thing that happened with Caesar was that he was stabbed to death by a bunch of senators because he went crazy. And I said that's an interesting thing that could happen" (emphasis added).

Afterward, he said, the Secret Service "opened a file" on him over the joke.

According to Mulaney, "The person vetting me ... was very understanding that the joke had nothing to do with Donald Trump — it was an elliptical reference to him. I didn't say anything about him."

He added, "They were very nice in the interview. In terms of risk assessment, no one who's ever looked at me has thought I registered above a one."

Despite his claim that the joke was not about the president, Mulaney told Kimmel that part of his explanation to the Secret Service to defend himself was that he had been making jokes about Trump for a long time.

"I said I have been making jokes about him since 2007, so I have been making fun of him for 13 years," Mulaney said. "They said, OK, if it's a joke, then I am cleared by the Secret Service."

John Mulaney on Secret Service Investigation, SNL Joke Backlash & Writing for Seth Meyersyoutu.be