Dave Chappelle Did a Set In Detroit This Weekend Where He Was Drunk And High And Got Booed Off Stage

TMZ – According to multiple people in the crowd during Thursday night’s 9:30 show at the Fillmore … a seemingly wasted Chappelle took the stage an hour late (mostly due to the crowd still being seated), and told very few jokes. Instead, he sat quietly smoking, rambling, and slurring his speech. In this video you can hear someone in the crowd yell, “Let’s hear some of the act!” Dave responds, “Well sir, it’s a little late for that. Right now I’ve gotta get off the stage because it’s 2:00 in the morning.” The crowd quickly reminds him it was only 1 AM. Now fans are ripping Dave on Facebook, calling the show … “A waste of time and money” … “more like a press conference” … and “HORRIBLE.” Fans dropped anywhere from $50 to about $240 for tickets, and although many are demanding refunds … a Fillmore spokesperson tells us they’re not responsible for artists’ content. In other words … tough luck, crowd. As for Dave … a rep tells us, “Out of the 50 shows on the tour, Thursday was definitely not his best set On the flip side, the incident inspired some additional sharp-witted material and (Friday) he came back with a vengeance.”

Man, this is a tough one for me. Because on one hand, that’s bullshit that people pay money to see Chappelle and he gets up there slurring and being a dick and then leaves the stage. I’d be really pissed if I was in that crowd. But on the other hand, it’s Dave Chappelle. If he wants to get on stage cracked out of his mind and insult my mother to my face, by all means Mr. Chappelle, have at it. It’s Dave fucking Chappelle! He’s the guy who turned down $50 million dollars to go live in a tiki hut in Africa. Can’t expect him to be on his A game every show. And look on the bright side, the people who saw the crappy show on Thursday encouraged him to put on a really good show on Friday. So they should feel good about themselves in some sense.

PS: I’m pretty sure a drunk/high/dead Dave Chappelle is still a better show than 90% of anything else out there. But yes, I would like to see a sober (only slightly high and drunk) Chappelle on his A game.

PS: When it Netflix going to back up the Brink’s truck to his door for a new season of Chappelle’s Show? I feel like it’s inevitable.