Dave Chapelle knocks Louis C.K.'s accusers: 'B---h, you don’t know how to hang up a phone?'

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Dave Chappelle has certainly never shied away from ruffling feathers.

In one of his new Netflix stand-up specials, the comedian tackles the sexual harassment and assault allegations that have consumed Hollywood in recent months. After mocking alleged predators Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, he took a different approach on fellow comic Louis C.K., who admitted to repeatedly masturbating in front of unwitting women.

“One lady said, ‘Louis C.K. masturbated in front of me, ruined my comedy dreams,'” he said of writer Abby Schachner, who came forward against C.K. in the New York Times. “Word? Well then I dare say, madam, you may have never had a dream. Come on man, that’s a brittle spirit. That is a brittle-ass spirit, that is too much, this grown-ass woman.”

Noting that Martin Luther King probably wouldn’t have given up his “dream” if someone masturbated in front of him, he continued, "Show business is just harder than that. Them women … they sound weak. I know that sounds f–ked up, I’m not supposed to say that, but one of these ladies was like, ‘Louis C.K. was masturbating while I was on the phone with him.’ B-tch, you don’t know how to hang up a phone? How the f–k are you going to survive in show business if this is an actual obstacle to your dreams?"

Suggesting that the backlash against C.K. may have been an overreaction, he mused, "They took everything from Louis. It might be disproportionate, I can't tell, I can't tell. This is like where it's hard to be a man."

Chappelle filmed “Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation” in November.

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