“SNL” will replace Dave Chappelle as regular host after the election

Although Dave Chappelle was the favorite to host Saturday Night Liveis the first post-election episode since 2016, this time the late night show is going in a different direction and comedian Bill Burr will host the return on November 9th.

Chappelle takes that SNL The post-election period became something of a tradition, but for unknown reasons SNL Boss Lorne Michaels changes the show's ritual, replacing Chappelle as it prepares for the most consequential presidential election in American history.

All three of Chappelle's appearances SNL came the weekend after the big elections. In 2016, he followed Donald Trump's victory in the White House and famously said, “I didn't know Donald Trump was going to win the election,” but he “suspected it” because “I know the white people.”

In 2020, shortly after Joe Biden's victory, Chappelle delivered one longer than usual monologueas he celebrated Trump's loss as “a pretty incredible day,” but said his ouster doesn't automatically mean a “safer America.” These two performances earned him Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

But in 2022, right after the midterm elections that year, Chappelle ran into trouble Anti-Semitic comments in defense of Kanye West. By this time, Chappelle had also delved into his on the heels of his comedic material about transgender people over the course of several Netflix specials.

Several SNL writer He reportedly boycotted his return to the showalthough a spokesperson for the show said there was “no evidence” that anyone would sit out the episode for this reason.

Now for some LGBTQ+ rights Supporters celebrate that Chappelle is out this year and therefore “won’t spend 20 minutes attacking trans people five days after the election after the swing states have been flooded with anti-trans ads for the last two or three months.”

However, Chappelle's successor Bill Burr himself is not without controversy. A month before Chappelle hosted for a second time in 2020, Burr has been criticized for his homophobic comments His monologue, which addressed cancel culture and “wokeness,” was about not knowing what Gay Pride Month is in New York.

His jokes didn't land on stage, sparking comments from social media users who called it “the worst.” SNL Monologue I’ve seen in years.”

But perhaps to keep things balanced, Lorne Michaels has booked Charli XCX, one of Kamala Harris' first celebrity boosters, as host and musical guest the following Saturday, November 16th.