Katt Williams Responds to Dave Chappelle: Netflix special
Williams went on record to address a handful of comedians he felt slighted himĀ in some way. TwoĀ kings of comedyĀ even caught a stray whenĀ Williams admonished Steve HarveyĀ and Cedric the Entertainer for stealing his material.
ButĀ notĀ everyone thoughtĀ WilliamsāĀ statements were justified.Ā Not too long afterĀ WilliamsāĀ ClubĀ Shay ShayĀ appearance, Chappelle shared his feelings onĀ WilliamsāĀ internet-breaking interview during a private standup. Chappelle felt WilliamsĀ mightāveĀ done more harm than good for comedy with his takes.
āKatt is one of the best painters in the game,ā The New York Times quoted Chappelle saying. āSo why are you drawing ugly pictures of us?ā
Ironically, Williams quipped that Dave ChappelleĀ mightāveĀ been the only other voice with enough credibility to truly criticize him. But at the sameĀ tine, Williams never expected Chappelle to respond to hisĀ Club Shay ShayĀ interview.
Netflix just put outĀ Katt Williamsās new stand-up special,Ā 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 Cannonās children, Trumpās shoe line, and the topic that only Williams is brave enough to talk about ā Ozempic (āitās too strong!ā).
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. āItās a new day and age.
You can do anything. You can something even if itās a bad ideaā¦like playing blind football,ā he said, before throwing to a nearly 20-year-old video to serve as an example of this ānew day and age.ā