Williams went on record to address a handful of comedians he felt slighted him in some way. Two kings of comedy even caught a stray when Williams admonished Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer for stealing his material.
But not everyone thought Williams’ statements were justified. Not too long after Williams’ Club Shay Shay appearance, Chappelle shared his feelings on Williams’ internet-breaking interview during a private standup. Chappelle felt Williams might’ve done more harm than good for comedy with his takes.
“Katt is one of the best painters in the game,” The New York Times quoted Chappelle saying. “So why are you drawing ugly pictures of us?”
Ironically, Williams quipped that Dave Chappelle might’ve been the only other voice with enough credibility to truly criticize him. But at the same tine, Williams never expected Chappelle to respond to his Club Shay Shay interview.
Netflix just put out Katt Williams’s new stand-up special, Woke Foke, which aired live on the streamer on Saturday, May 4. From a technical standpoint, the production seemed to go off without a hitch.
From a content standpoint, Williams riffed on hot topics like Nick Cannon’s children, Trump’s shoe line, and the topic that only Williams is brave enough to talk about — Ozempic (“it’s too strong!”).
But most perplexingly, he kicked off the special by playing a viral video so old that you probably remember it from the earliest days of YouTube. “It’s a new day and age.
You can do anything. You can something even if it’s a bad idea…like playing blind football,” he said, before throwing to a nearly 20-year-old video to serve as an example of this “new day and age.”
