LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Dave Chappelle attends the UK premiere of "Dave Chappelle: Untitled" at Cineworld Leicester Square on October 17, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TSR Updatez: Despite Dave Chappelle’s level of unbotheredness to the controversy surrounding his Netflix special, he’s not above sitting down with the employees of the streaming service who feel like he inflicted harm on them with his LGBTQ+ jokes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A rep for Dave told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/21/dave-chappelle-open-sit-down-netflix-employees-controversy/">TMZ</a> that he’d be open to a dialogue if those employees from Netflix actually reach out to him for a discussion, but Dave’s camp says no one from Netflix has approached him or his team about setting up that type of conversation or meeting.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s obviously much different from what the woman who organized the Netflix walkout claims.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashlee Marie Preston said Wednesday she invited Dave to talk about the damage she and others believe he’s inflicted on the LGBTQ+ community. She said, “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’ve invited Dave Chappelle to have transformative dialogue with us…and he has made it clear that it is not of interest to him. This isn’t cancel culture, but an avoidance of accountability. Dave Chappelle doesn’t get to take the light from this moment.” </span></p>
<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVQ54h8p0pi/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div>
 <iframe class="custom-ig-embed" data-src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVQ54h8p0pi/embed/captioned" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="640px" scrolling="no" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe>
 </div></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dave’s team isn’t clear why Ashlee would make those claims, considering he said in his special ‘The Closer’ that he’s not against an open dialogue.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dave also stressed during ‘The Closer’ that empathy should go both ways and we should get away from cancel culture.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to the protest, the employees provided a <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/netflix-walkout-protestors-request-demands-that-include-removing-dave-chappelles-imagery-from-netflix-offices/">list of demands</a> for Netflix, which included having</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> all imagery of Dave Chappelle immediately removed from Netflix offices, including murals, photos, room names, etc. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Additionally, they want Netflix to put a disclaimer before ‘The Closer’ saying it contains transphobic language, misogyny, homophobia and hate speech, among other demands.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Should Dave and the Netflix protesters sit down, we’ll keep you posted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re looking for tea directly sent to your text inbox? Look no further and make sure to hit us up at 917-722-8057 or click</span><a href="https://my.community.com/theshaderoom"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to join! You’ll be happy that you did Roommates!</span></p>
<p> ;</p>
 <div class="wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style="justify-content: center;;"> <div class="wpra-reactions-container" data-ver="1.3.10" data-post_id="79913" data-show_count="true" data-enable_share="onclick" data-behavior="regular" data-animation="true" data-share_url="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/dave-chappelle-says-hes-open-to-talking-with-netflix-employees-about-his-lgbtq-jokes/" data-secure="b649ce0b13"> <div class="wpra-call-to-action" style="color: #000000;font-size: 25px;font-weight: 600;">What Do You Think Roomies?</div> <div class="wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style="border-color: #ffffff;border-width: 0px;border-radius: 50px;border-style: solid;background: #ffffff;">					<div class="emoji-8 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count="" data-emoji_id="8"> <div class="wpra-plus-one">+1</div>	 <div style="background-color: #ff0015" class="wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style="border-top-color: #ff0015" class="tail"></span> <span style="color: #ffffff" class="count-num">0</span> </div>	</div><div class="emoji-10 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count="" data-emoji_id="10"> <div class="wpra-plus-one">+1</div>	 <div style="background-color: #ff0015" class="wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style="border-top-color: #ff0015" class="tail"></span> <span style="color: #ffffff" class="count-num">0</span> </div>	</div><div class="emoji-4 wpra-reaction" data-count="" data-emoji_id="4"> <div class="wpra-plus-one">+1</div>	 <div style="background-color: #ff0015" class="wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style="border-top-color: #ff0015" class="tail"></span> <span style="color: #ffffff" class="count-num">0</span> </div>	</div><div class="emoji-5 wpra-reaction" data-count="" data-emoji_id="5"> <div class="wpra-plus-one">+1</div>	 <div style="background-color: #ff0015" class="wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style="border-top-color: #ff0015" class="tail"></span> <span style="color: #ffffff" class="count-num">0</span> </div>	</div><div class="emoji-2 wpra-reaction" data-count="" data-emoji_id="2"> <div class="wpra-plus-one">+1</div>	 <div style="background-color: #ff0015" class="wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style="border-top-color: #ff0015" class="tail"></span> <span style="color: #ffffff" class="count-num">0</span> </div>	</div><div class="emoji-7 wpra-reaction" data-count="" data-emoji_id="7"> <div class="wpra-plus-one">+1</div>	 <div style="background-color: #ff0015" class="wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style="border-top-color: #ff0015" class="tail"></span> <span style="color: #ffffff" class="count-num">0</span> </div>	</div><div class="emoji-12 wpra-reaction" data-count="" data-emoji_id="12"> <div class="wpra-plus-one">+1</div>	 <div style="background-color: #ff0015" class="wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style="border-top-color: #ff0015" class="tail"></span> <span style="color: #ffffff" class="count-num">0</span> </div>	</div> </div> <div class="wpra-share-wrap wpra-share-buttons-bordered" style="">				 </div> <!-- end of share buttons -->			 </div> <!-- end of reactions container --> </div> <!-- end of reactions wrap -->		
