Dave Chappelle On Saudi Arabia: “It’s Easier To Talk Here Than It Is In America”

Dave Chappelle Says ‘It’s Easier to Talk’ in Saudi Arabia Than the U.S.

Dave Chappelle appeared at the Riyadh Comedy Festival and claimed that it was "easier to talk" in Saudi Arabia than in the United States.

Dave Chappelle On Saudi Arabia: “It’s Easier To Talk Here Than It Is In America”

“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America,” Dave Chappelle told an audience in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Chappelle was in the kingdom as part of the Riyadh Comedy Festival. His decision — and that of other comics — has become controversial, given Saudi role in 9/11 and the 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as other human rights abuses and anti LGBTQ+ policies. “I mean, how do you even promote that? ‘From the fol…