Dave Chapelle says SNL writers were in tears after Trump's 2016 win

Comedian Dave Chappelle said successful a caller interrogation posted Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s predetermination triumph successful 2016 emotionally broke the writers for NBC’s "Saturday Night Live."

Chappelle sat down with chap comedian Mo Amer arsenic portion of Variety’s "Actors connected Actors" program, wherever they discussed Chappelle hosting the long-running bid the play aft Trump’s shocking archetypal victory.

"Man, erstwhile they called Donald Trump the winner, that s--- unopen the writers’ country down. You should person seen them successful there," Chappelle said. "Boy, they was crying … They couldn’t judge that this was happening."

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Dave Chappelle hosted the archetypal "Saturday Night Live" occurrence aft Trump's shocking predetermination triumph successful 2016. (Photo by: Will Heath/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

"I knew it the full time," Amer remarked of Trump's win.

"Yeah, due to the fact that you unrecorded successful Texas and I unrecorded successful Ohio, but astatine 30 Rock, it looked similar Hillary Clinton was going to win. I don’t cognize what looks antithetic from those windows," Chappelle said. "But yeah, man, it amazed me."

During the interview, Amer asked Chappelle however helium felt astir his 2016 SNL monologue astir 9 years later. Chappelle revealed helium hadn’t watched it precocious but remembered it "fondly." Amer pointed retired that during the monologue, helium spoke astir giving Trump a chance.

"Oh, I retrieve that part. But you cognize what? I look astatine it similar a photograph. That’s what it felt similar successful that moment. Now, if it ages good oregon not, I don’t get huffy if I look astatine a representation due to the fact that it’s not today. That’s what it was astatine that time. You mightiness look astatine an aged acceptable and cringe, but you could conscionable cringe due to the fact that of however you were astatine that time," Chappelle said.

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Dave Chappelle during SNL Promos connected Tuesday, January 14, 2025. ((Photo by: Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via Getty Images))

Chappelle’s post-election SNL appearances person go a contented of sorts; helium hosted successful 2020 lone hours aft the statesmanlike contention was called for erstwhile President Joe Biden. He astir precocious hosted the long-running amusement successful January, the Saturday earlier Trump’s 2nd inauguration.  

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