CNN's Don Lemon: "I actually agree" with Dave Chappelle calling me out

TheWrap

In his new Netflix special 8:46, Chappelle criticized Lemon for calling out Hollywood stars by name and urging them to speak out amid the protests over George Floyd. Chappelle said that "this is the streets talking for themselves, they don’t need me right now. Why would anyone care what their favorite comedian thinks when they saw a police officer kneel on a man’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds." Lemon responded on CNN's New Day, pointing out that Chappelle is his favorite comedian: “What I will say is that I actually agree with Dave Chappelle," said Lemon, according to The Wrap. "I agree that I think the establishment has been a bit behind and some of what we created — and I consider myself part of the establishment because I am over 40 years old — I think that the young  people who are out there in the streets don’t really care what we have to say. They think that part of the world that we created and what we did, maybe we didn’t move fast enough and we weren’t strong enough and so they are out there fighting. They said, ‘Listen, we are tired of what’s happening. We tried to do it nice and we tried to do it peacefully. We tried to do all these things and you rejected it.’ And so I think they’re not only speaking to the white people in this country, but also to all of us in the establishment.” Meanwhile, Candace Owens responded to Chappelle slamming her as a "rotten b*tch" who is "the worst" in his special. "Dave Chappelle is one of the greatest comedians of all time and I made it into one of his specials. That's POWER!" tweeted the outspoken conservative. Owens added: "@DaveChappelle—you are legend and I’d love to meet you and challenge you to say any of that to my face!"