Dave Chappelle told 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden he feels better since Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Kirk left behind a widow and two children – Chappelle made the joke anyway.
And Erika Kirk just made sure Chappell and every comedian laughing along knew exactly what that means.
Dave Chappelle Joked About Charlie Kirk's Assassination at Madison Square Garden
A video from comedian Dave Chappelle's sold-out Karmageddon tour performance at Madison Square Garden captured the comedian telling the crowd, "I feel f–ked up saying this. It's scary being a public speaker. And I mean look, ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered – and I shouldn't say this publicly but, I feel better. I know I shouldn't say that, but it's just a feeling. I didn't ask to feel this way. I just be driving around like, 'Why am I in such a good mood? Oh!'"
The crowd laughed and applauded.
Four years ago, when a man rushed Chappelle onstage with a concealed knife at the Hollywood Bowl, Charlie Kirk was among the first conservatives to defend him.
Kirk called the attack "sinister and un-American." He also backed Chappelle's right to do his act in 2024 when the Left was pushing to cancel him over transgender jokes.
Kirk defended a man his own base had written off.
Benny Johnson noted the betrayal immediately: "Charlie Kirk supported Dave Chappelle after Dave was attacked on stage." Piers Morgan called the MSG remarks "especially egregious given that Chappelle himself survived an attack on stage in 2022."
Elon Musk posted: "Shame, shame, shame on Chappelle."
This was not a slip. Chappelle had already worked Kirk into a Netflix special and a Saudi Arabia comedy festival set before Saturday night at MSG – this is material he kept coming back to.
Jennifer Welch Loses 16 Sponsors After Laughing at Charlie Kirk Murder Joke
Chappelle was not the only one celebrating Kirk's murder this week.
After Democrats flipped the House and Senate – leftist podcast hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan of I've Had It laughed at a post that read, "We're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again."
Welch had already called Charlie Kirk a "racist" and Erika Kirk an "opportunistic grifter" on the same show.
Sixteen sponsors walked. Cash App, Chewy, Lola Blankets, Boll & Branch, Zenni Optical, and NOBL Travel all pulled their deals.
Welch and Sullivan apologized on Instagram Saturday, called their laughter "insensitive," and donated to Everytown for Gun Safety.
Within hours, they told Turning Point USA to "f–k all the way off" in a separate post. The apology was not for mocking the murder of a man whose two children are growing up without their father – it was for losing sponsors, and they made clear they resented even that.
Erika Kirk Says Celebrating Political Assassination Is Moral Decay
Erika Kirk responded on X: "To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it's entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting."
"My husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed in an act of political violence, something our two children and I will live with every day for the rest of our lives. A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay."
Those two children will grow up watching clips of a sold-out MSG crowd laughing at their father's death – and the man who had that crowd laughing was someone their father once defended.
Chappelle joked about feeling better since a conservative was murdered, and Welch and Sullivan laughed about digging up his body to shoot him again. Chappelle drew laughs and applause from 20,000 people. The podcast clip went viral.
Picture a conservative comedian making the same joke about a murdered liberal politician – ABC would preempt programming, the FBI would open a file, and the story would run for months.
That double standard is not an accident – it is what the Left actually believes. They are telling each other that killing conservatives is acceptable, and that the widow raising two kids alone is a problem to manage, not a person to mourn.
Erika Kirk called it moral decay. The people cheering in that crowd were not confused about what they were doing.
Sources:
- Marianne Angela, "Erika Kirk Slams Dave Chappelle, Jennifer Welch After 'Beyond Disgusting' Remarks About Charlie Kirk's Murder," Breitbart, November 8, 2026.
- Staff, "Video: Dave Chappelle Tells Madison Square Garden Crowd 'I Feel Better' 'Ever Since Charlie Kirk Got Murdered'," Breitbart, November 8, 2026.
- Staff, "Democrat Podcasters Apologize for Charlie Kirk 'Dig Up' Joke," Breitbart, November 7, 2026.
- Staff, "Dave Chappelle Turns Charlie Kirk's Murder Into a Joke," Legal Insurrection, November 8, 2026.
- Joseph Chalfant, "Dave Chappelle Claims to 'Feel Better' Remembering the Assassination of Charlie Kirk," Townhall, November 8, 2026.
- Stacey Matthews, "Jennifer Welch's Podcast Loses Sponsors After Laughing at 'Joke' About Charlie Kirk's Murder," Legal Insurrection, November 8, 2026.
