Comedian Jerrod Carmichael is walking back his recent criticism of Dave Chappelle.
Carmichael had previously lamented in a GQ profile that Chappelle’s “legacy is a bunch of opinions on trans shit” and called that “an odd hill to die on.” After Chappelle demanded that Carmichael publicly apologize to him, Carmichael doubled down, telling Esquire that the controversial comic interpreted the comments “as ‘Fuck Dave Chappelle,’ because he’s an egomaniac.”
Addressing those comments during an appearance on The Breakfast Club on Tuesday, Carmichael said, “I deeply regret saying anything about Dave Chappelle to the press. Honestly, from now on, any thoughts I have for Dave will be directed in a phone call to Dave.”
