Dave Chappelle UNLOADS On Bill Maher Over Saudi Arabia & Israel!

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Jimmy Dore

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🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Jimmy and Americans' Comedian Kurt Metzger react to Dave Chappelle's recent public clap-back at Bill Maher after Maher criticized Chappelle for suggesting that free speech is "better" in Saudi Arabia than in the U.S. Jimmy agrees that Chappelle's joke about Western hypocrisy and journalist deaths landed, but argues Chappelle was dodging broader criticism about comedians signing censorship contracts to perform under Saudi government speech restrictions.

Jimmy and Kurt discuss whether wealthy comics like Chappelle need to take gigs that require avoiding criticism of a regime, contrasting him with Tim Dillon, who mocked the restrictions on stage and was reportedly removed from the festival. The video also dives into larger debates about credibility, power, political hypocrisy, and how comedians like Chappelle, Maher, and others navigate money, speech, and moral boundaries.

Plus segments on Tucker Carlson being named Antisemite of the Year and Trump's images being retracted from a recent Epstein files release.

Also featuring Mike MacRae and Stef Zamorano. And a phone call from Jeff Bridges!

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0:00.0	Come see me on tour in Potsdown, Pennsylvania, Waikiki, Hawaii, and the Comedy Store in Los Angeles.
0:08.6	Go to jimidore.com for a link for tickets.
0:13.0	Establishment media sucks.
0:15.0	All gets lighten so good luck.
0:17.2	Bullshit we can't afford.
0:18.7	He's fomenting this.
0:21.2	Watch and see as a jetd off the medium speeds and jumps the medium and hits them head on.
0:28.0	It's the Chimmy Tor show.
0:31.6	So I don't know if you saw Dave Chappelle after the big fight.
0:35.8	I watched the Jake Paul get his jaw broken in two places.
0:38.9	You knew that was bound to happen sooner or later.
0:42.5	I thought I was going to happen with Mike Tyson, but Mike Tyson did not age well.
0:47.0	His legs look never.
0:48.6	Anyway, the point is he fought a real heavyweight, got his jaw broken.
0:52.7	Right after they had, Dave Chappelle has his new special.
0:58.2	I didn't even see a promo for that's how big Dave Chappelle is.
1:00.6	You have to advertise his special because he'd have to promote it.
1:03.9	And so right after he took a shot at Bill Maher because Bill Maher said this.
1:10.4	So this is Bill Maher calling out Dave Chappelle's trip to Saudi Arabia.
1:15.0	Let's watch.
1:17.1	Dave Chappelle said it was in the press today saying that you can speak more freely over here than in America.
1:24.8	Yeah, I don't know if that's true.
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