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Dave Chappelle Asks Fans To Boycott ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Until ViacomCBS Pays Him For Licensing The Show To Streaming Platforms Like Netflix

<p>Dave Chappelle is making it clear that he is not playing about his coins&comma; y&&num;8217&semi;all&excl; In his recent appearance on <em>Saturday Night Live<&sol;em>&comma; Dave said that he did not approve of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;viacomcbs-hopeful-to-work-with-nick-cannon-again-after-terminating-business-relationship-due-to-his-controversial-comments&sol;">ViacomCBS<&sol;a> licensing <em>Chappelle&&num;8217&semi;s Show<&sol;em> without paying him&comma; and he is now asking his fans to boycott the show all together&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dave took to Instagram in a video he titled &&num;8216&semi;Unforgiven&&num;8217&semi; to speak about his feeling of discomfort in regard to Viacom&comma; and says that he asked Netflix to remove<em> Chappelle&&num;8217&semi;s Show<&sol;em> from its platform&period; Netflix removed the show on Monday night to honor his request&period; Unfortunately&comma; Dave&&num;8217&semi;s show is still streaming on HBO Max&comma; and Viacom is not trying to give him a dime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;People think I made a lot of money from <em>Chappelle&&num;8217&semi;s Show&comma;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; he says in the video&period; &&num;8220&semi;When I left that show I never got paid&period; They &lpar;ViacomCBS&rpar; didn&&num;8217&semi;t have to pay me because I signed the contract&period; But is that right&quest; I found out that these people were streaming my work and they never had to ask me or they never have to tell me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CH&lowbar;Bz4TnUje&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; 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which is why he is calling on his fans to put a stop to the mistreatment he is receiving from Viacom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;So I&&num;8217&semi;m not going to the agents&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m coming to my real boss&&num;8211&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m coming to you&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m begging you&&num;8211&semi;if you ever liked me&comma; if you ever think there was anything worthwhile about me&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m begging you&comma; please don&&num;8217&semi;t watch that show&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m not asking you to boycott any network&&num;8211&semi;boycott me&period; Boycott <em>Chappelle&&num;8217&semi;s Show<&sol;em>&period; Do not watch it unless they pay me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Chappelle&&num;8217&semi;s Show<&sol;em> began streaming on Netflix on Nov&period;1&period; and is still available on Comedy Central&comma; HCO Max and CBS All Access platforms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Are y&&num;8217&semi;all still going to tune in&comma; 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