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Dave Chappelle confused me
by Anna Johns, posted Feb 4th 2006 8:05AM
I watched Dave Chappelle on
Oprah yesterday and, despite denying rumors that he's crazy, I think he may
have some sort of mental imbalance. Oprah opened up the show by asking him why he suddenly left for Africa after
signing a $50 million, 2-year deal with Comedy Central. I don't think he ever gave a straight answer. He did say
something about "they" were trying to manipulate him through the press, and that there was a lot of pressure,
and he had ethical issues with some sketches on the show. But, it took me an hour to glean that from his rambling,
disjointed answers to Oprah's questions. Oprah was clearly confused. She kept trying to get clarification from him on
why he disappeared. At 19 minutes into the show, she was still asking.Later, when she asked him whether he would return to his show on Comedy Central, he said he had been thinking about that question all during the interview and appeared to just make up an answer on the spot. He said something about creating a comfortable work environment and donating DVD proceeds to charity. Huh?
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