<p>Comedian Rosie O&#8217;Donnell took a swipe at Dave Chappelle, who she said has an &#8220;obsessive-compulsive disorder&#8221; to focus on trans people even after being attacked on stage, and disputed the claim that there&#8217;s a &#8220;so-called war on comedy.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/to-the-chopra-wife-i-apologize-rosie-odonnells-tiktok-apology-to-priyanka-chopra-after-embarrassing-moment-makes-the-situation-worse">60-year-old actress</a>&#8216; interview for <a href="https://www.outfrontmagazine.com/in-conversation-with-the-legendary-rosie-odonnell/">Outspoken magazine</a>, O&#8217;Donnell was asked about the &#8220;controversy&#8221; these days surrounding comedians and if she believed &#8220;there is a so-called war on comedy.&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/1536380191408132101?s=20&amp;t=kj1KEdppkBKO1WSeK9a0hA">Rosie tweeted</a> out the article on Monday in a piece that was recently published.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the comedy world is divided just like the nation is divided,&#8221; the &#8220;A League of their Own&#8221; star shared. &#8220;I&#8217;m all for freedom of speech, yet Dave Chappelle&#8217;s outbursts and focus on trans men seems to be an obsessive-compulsive disorder of his because he can&#8217;t stop talking about it.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">In Conversation with the Legendary Rosie O&#39;Donnell &#8211; OUT FRONT <a href="https://t.co/PhUDY8DL4l">https://t.co/PhUDY8DL4l</a></p>
<p>&mdash; ROSIE (@Rosie) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/1536380191408132101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Even when that guy ran on stage and knocked him down, and he did have a weapon by the way, when he got up, he said, &#8216;Oh, that was a trans man,’” she added. &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s like, &#8216;He didn&#8217;t say that,&#8217; and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;How come I have the video right here where he did?’”</p>
<p>&#8220;Once you start censoring comics, it&#8217;s a slippery slope,&#8221; O&#8217;Donnell continued. &#8220;Sometimes, comics do provide the courage for a society to be able to look at difficult issues, and they can sort of change how the nation views who they are. Take a look throughout time. Lenny Bruce pushed it, and then George Carlin had his seven words you can&#8217;t say on TV. There are so many comics who talk about the silencing of comics. It&#8217;s a real thing, but I think it&#8217;s more of this oppressive political stalemate that infects every other part of our lives.&#8221;</p>
<p>At the time, Chappelle had joked after that the person who tackled him was &#8220;a trans man.&#8221; The video was posted by <a href="https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1521866646595391488?s=20&amp;t=7sTnut5nGvenGC3uNVc0QQ">TMZ</a> on social media.</p>
<p>WATCH:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Someone rushed the stage and attacked Dave Chappelle during his Hollywood Bowl performance &#8230; and the surreal moment was caught on video. <a href="https://t.co/kFf1BvJDvt">https://t.co/kFf1BvJDvt</a> <a href="https://t.co/tQzrt6tMLj">pic.twitter.com/tQzrt6tMLj</a></p>
<p>&mdash; TMZ (@TMZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1521866646595391488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I am going to kill that n*****. &#8230; It was a trans man,&#8221; Chappelle joked in the clip.</p>
<p>The comedian was smiling at the time, making it pretty clear it was a joke. And the audience appeared to take it the same way as his comments drew laughter from the audience.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-backed-prosecutor-seeks-slap-on-the-wrist-for-alleged-dave-chappelle-attacker">Soros-Backed Prosecutor Seeks &#8216;Slap On The Wrist&#8217; For Alleged Dave Chappelle Attacker</a></strong></p>

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