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Talk about it. like back in the day when monica lewinsky would come on late night talk shows and she'd go, i'd like to talk about my line of handbags. it's like, well... we do have to broach this, though. don't we? >> it's kind of why we book to you. you have to elaborate on the cigar, at least. do you at least feel that it's open season. before you were under fire for cancer cancel culture. our people in the comedy community feeling a little bit on edge? >> people in the comedy community feel on edge all the time so they usually just hang out and eat edibles all day to try to take the edge of...

The Laugh Factory in Hollywood express their support of the comedian after the slapping incident at The Oscars.

It couldn't have been a better time, a better place, or a better person telling it. >> if you missed any portion, i'll repeat it! >> it absolutely had to be done. somebody had to stand up in front of the comedy community and say, it's okay. when it's not okay. but those words must be spoken. >> god bless you! god bless america! >> i thought what gilbert did that night was heroic, and i think it -- ultimately you could say whatever you want to say about whether it was appropriate or not, it made a lot of people in that room feel very good. and that's that. >> i don't believe in too soon. you wa...

Comedians. that's what i want to get to you guys to answer. you tweeted, pete, that chapelle is your favorite of all time? >> yeah. you can separate the art from the work. "killing him softly" is my favorite of all time. i know him. i've been doing standup for 20 years. i don't know him well. he's widely respected in the comedy community and arguably the greatest of his generation, of our generation, if not of all time, though that's subjective. i watched the special, too, and i found myself laughing quite a bit but also be offended. i don't like people calling women the "b" word and he also

You tweeted out, last week, chappelle is your favorite of all time. do you still feel that way? >> yeah. i mean he -- you take an artist, their entire body of work. you can even separate the art from the artist in a case like bill cosby or something, but i was never really a huge fan of his comedy. yeah, chappelle is special. killing him softly is my favorite. i know him. i have been doing stand-up for 12 years. he is respected in the comedy community. he is arguably the greatest of his generation, if not of all time, but it is subjective. i watched the special and i found myself laughing quit...