Michelle Buteau wants Dave Chappelle to make changes to Trans Jokes

Michelle Buteau's new special aired on Netflix this Tuesday, and the comedian gave her fellow comedian some good advice: Dave Chappelle.

Chappelle drew backlash from the trans community for jokes he made in the 2023 Netflix film Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer.

Michelle Buteau doubled down on the criticism in her Netflix special, “Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall.”

According to Variety , Bouteau wants the comedian to make him “funny” when it comes to making jokes about the trans community.

In her Netflix special, Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall, the 47-year-old comedian criticized Chappelle for his trans jokes.

The “Survival of the Fittest” actress urged her fans to give her permission Chappelle Know that he can be funny without being offensive about the trans community.

“We can do it. We can make it funny,” Buteau said. “We just have to work on it, right? So if you ever run into Dave Chappelle, can you let him know? I don't think he knows that.”

Buteau's special aired on Netflix on New Year's Eve.

The comedian called Chappelle “THE GOAT (the best of all time)” and introduced him as an iconic comedian, but he took heat for his transgender jokes and claimed Chappelle.

He also punished Chappelle for trans people to feel safe.

“I can't believe that somebody would make millions and millions of dollars to make people feel safe. It's just wild to me,” Buteau said. Diversity. “Tonight I'm showing this thing. It's a takeover of Radio City Music Hall, and I'm going to tell everybody that I want to make millions and millions of dollars to make people feel safe, be seen, be safe, be heard, be entertained.”

“Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer” also aired on Netflix a year ago on New Year's Eve, and the comedian was widely criticized for the comments he made about trans people in the special.

Chappelle made a trans joke while telling a story about dating the comedian Jim Carrey On the set of Andy Kaufman's “Man on the Moon” biopic.

Carrey played the late comedian in the film, and according to Chappelle, Carrey met him on the set and was cast as the actor. The Half Baked star, 51, added that he was grateful to witness Carrey's creative transformation, but at the time it was “disappointing”.

“Looking back, how lucky am I? I got to see one of the greatest artists of my time immerse himself in one of the most difficult processes ever? I was very lucky to see it, but as it washed away, it was very disappointing,” he said. Chappelle.

“I wanted to meet Jim Carrey and I had to pretend it was Andy Kaufman,” he said. “In the afternoon, he was obviously Jim Carrey. I could look at him and see that he was Jim Carrey. Anyway, I'm saying all this to say that trans people make me feel that way.”

Chappelle was referring to the ongoing controversy between the comedian and the trans community, stemming from his transgender jokes during his 2021 comedy special, The Closer. Doubling down on his brand of humor, the comedian said he would never make trans jokes again.

“I don't hate those people anymore,” he joked. “It wasn't worth the trouble. I don't talk sh-t about them. Maybe three or four times tonight, but that's it. I'm tired of talking about them.”

“To be honest with you, I'm trying to mend my relationship with the transgender community because I don't want them to think I don't love them,” she continued.

“You know how I fixed it? I wrote a play. I wrote a play. Because I know gay people like to play,” he joked. “It's a very sad play, but it's moving. It's about a black transgender woman. It's a sad n—-a tear. At the end of the play, she dies from white liberals. I don't know how to talk to her.”

Buteau is the first woman to perform a comedy special at Radio City Music Hall in New York USA Today.

The comedian said during the speech that he wants to make others feel “seen” with the Netflix special, including the LGBTQ community.

“I never asked my team, 'Can I do this?' I didn't ask the question,” Buteau said. “How can you help me do this? I don't want to hear 'no'. This is madness. How do you exist as a black, brown, queer, or fat person? You just do. Stop listening to people who want to bring you down.”

Buteau also said Chappelle's style of joking was “dangerous” in his own op-ed.

“I'm not saying you can't say something — I'm just saying, 'Can you make it funny? Because it's not funny,” Buteau said. “You're hurting people and you're making it dangerous. And it's not just Chappelle—it's a part of the culture that I don't understand. When people say “we can't do what we used to do”. Yes! Slavery was legal, you guys. Sometimes we have to move on, and if it's different, I'm sorry, but get your mind together, little one.”