in his new netflix special called the closer he defense jk rowling from the vicious lunatics on the leftfew years back the harry potter author and self-made billionaire found herself in the woke mom's crosshairs for stealing her belief that biological system is in fact exist tweeting in june of 2020 my life has been shaped by being female. i do not believe it is hateful to say so. this is one of the least controversial statement ever posted to twitter but based on the left's reaction would have thought she was a war criminal. few if anyone in the entertainment industry dared stick their next out for the woman whose books made many of them very rich for the kids who loved them but dave chapelle stuck his neck out. >> jk rowling said gender was the fact and the trans community got mad and calling her a turf. >> i agree, gender is a fact. >> in his trademark expletive laden style the comedian talked about the newly constructed sexual organs of biological say they are transgender, typical support, that diatribe places in defense of jk rowling sparked outrage among the denizens of the woke le

rowling. my god. she said gender was a fact. then the trans community got mad as [bleep] and they started calling her turf. i've seen turfs, i agree. i agree. gender is a fact. >> laura: then in his trademark expletive-laden style, the comedian talked about the newly constructed organs of biological men. if typical chappelle. that diatribe, plus his own defense of j.k. rowling sparked outrage among the denizens of the woke left. trans activist dana white not only slammed chappelle, it also netflix for showcasing him, saying nothing dave chappelle says changes the fact that trans women are women. he's wrong, and netflix has empowered him to be wrong loudly. of course the activist i glad chimed in claiming chappelle's comedy was synonymous with ridiculing trans people and other marginalized communities. npr's tv critic remarked it just sounds like chappelle is using white privilege to excuse his own homophobia and transphobia. wow. well, chappelle is using white privilege -- wait a second. okay, i got it. what? when chappelle used

rowling and the woke outrage mom.d activists over a comment she made that transgendered women were in actual women. she wasn't having it because j.k. rowling has f you money. she can say those things. she subsequently received a slew of death threats and hate mail online eventually being labeled by the community as a turf -- >> not anymore. it's a label that chapelle now raises and is -- >> i am a feminist. i agree. i agree, man. gender is a fact. >> greg: he describes himself as a feminist went on to argue that women have a right to be mad at trans women. his comments are now being met with their own backlash, especially on twitter which is not a real place. and d.c. even found three whole people who were not. three people. no -- or justin trudeau call them the pb&j -- all right. so kat, chapelle can say this because he also has f you money. he is noncancelable. what makes those two could differ is there a lot of people like that who don't have the to do this. that's what it is infuriating. do you have to be able to

rowling, my god, j.k. rowling, wrote all the "harry potter" books by herself.and theyer canceled her because she said in an interview, this is not exactly what she said, but essentially she said gender was a fact. and then the trans community got mad as [bleep] and started calling her a terf, i don't even know what the [bleep] that was. but i know that trans will make up words to win arguments. >> tucker: well, that is the truest thing ever thing, they make up words to win arguments, you see that in a lot of places. and on about as radical, conventional, fourur years ago o one would have noticed it. but now, a number of netflix employees have decided to protest the special. they wanted pulled off the service. then they harassed a man who came to support chapelle and freedom of speech. watch. [chanting] >> it's okay to laugh, but you are sparking hate conversation. >> why are you breaking my sign? >> [bleep]. >> he's got a weapon! >> tucker: so they break his sign, then they accuse him, he is left holding a stick, accuse of him holding a weapon. so his speech is

rowling, my god, j.k. rowling wrote all the "harry potter" books by herself.hey canceled her because she said in an interview, and this is not exactly what she said, but effecttually, she said that jerngender was a fact and the trans community got mad as [ bleep ] and they started calling her a terf and so i looked it up. it stands for transexclusionary radical feminist. i'm team terf. i agree. i agree, man. gender is a fact. >> all right, so, let me explain here, so, we have glaad, who's come out and released a statement condemning the special. you have celebrities and members of the lgbtq community coming out and saying that they're not okay with this comedy that dave chappelle is doing. and then you have netflix, which has not taken a stance publicly, but an email, ana, has been leaked from ceo ted serandos and we have part of that for you, saying, we don't allow titles on netflix that are designed to incite hate or violence. and we don't believe "the closer" crosses that line. so if you think about it, though, there are members of the netflix company who h

rowling. my god. j.k. rowling wrote all the harry potter books by herself.oks the bible worries about her. and they canceled her because she said in an interview, and this is not exactly what she said, but effectually she said gender was a fact. and then the trans community got mad at [ bleep ]. they started calling her a terf. so i looked it up. terf is an acronym. stands for trans exclusionary radical feminist. i'm team terf. i agree. i agree, lynn. gender is a fact. >> so joining me now is activist and writer raquel willis. raquel, thank you for joining us. i really appreciate it. so let's talk about some things here and why there's been such criticism and see what you come up with, what we come up with here. because he made the jokes. the critics are saying look, you have to consider what's happening during this last historic year of anti-transgender legislation, introduced at least in 33 states, less than a year after a record high number of transgender people, most of them trans women of color were killed. so what did you think -- and we have to keep i

rowling, who expressed anti-trans beliefs in 2020.he is "team turf," which stands for --. >> people with platforms like mr. chapelle's have a higher responsibility to be aware that in recognize that what they say leads to actions by other. reporter: glaad weighing dave chapelle and has become synonymous with ridiculing people in marginalized communities. and the executive of "dear white people" streaming on netflix says she will not work with the giant if they continue to put out dangerously transphobic content. netflix continues to promote the special, whose trailer warns what fans can expect. >> sometimes the funniest thing to say is mean. remember, i am not saying it to be mean. i am saying it because it's funny. ♪ reporter: the los angeles-based trans activist is not and says netflix and chapelle's actions can lead to violence against the trans community. his untitled documentary will premiere tonight. no comment so far from chapelle or netflix. josh haskell, abc 7 news. ♪ ama: taking a live look outside. it is another cool and br

now she and eduardo have been recreating the wizarding world in new editions ofjk rowling's harry potterrawing, like, - sections of houses and dolls houses, when i was little, and i think you did as well. _ so we kind of always - imagine what would it be like to be a young reader. i think you probably noticed from the gallery that detail| is our thing and our passion, and so to try and then - get it inside the book as well is important. | yes. and i don't think there's been very many illustrated editions - of the harry potter books. with the book soon released and filling up shelves, time for their other mission. we hear from the people that come in here that it is sometimes their first experience with an art gallery or graphic design as well, so we are kind of, i like to think we are a little bit of ambassadors for graphic design, and that is an amazing profession. a job increasingly integral to film production. sometimes the role of a graphic designer for film is you also have to act, you have to pretend to be snape or mcgonagall or umbridge or any of the teachers. yeah, we call it met

. >> jk rowlings. >> effectively she said gender.der is -- caitlyn gender whom i met, caitlyn gender was voted woman of the year. her first year as a woman. she beat everybody in detroit. jesse: . people are calling him transphobic. joining me is adam corolla. i just think this cancel culture thing is going to fall off chappelle's back. >> not on does he not give a damn. i think he does it on purpose. he gets the whole world talking about his special. if he says something someone said in a special 7 years ago people would be confused what the joke even was. we are all talking about it. he knows what he's doing. he plays these idiots like a fiddle. they take the bait all the time. >> here is another piece of sound from this netflix special that puts into context his sense of humor. >> any of you ever watch me know that never a problem with transgender people. you listen to what i am saying. my problem has always been white people. jesse: there you have it. he's a comedian making people left. >> i'll tell you why the leftn't leftn't --

. >> getzlaf jk rowling because she said in an interview, not exactly what she said but essentially she the trans community got mad and started rolling her turf. i agree. gender is a fact. kennedy: netflix says they standby dave will not be removing his content so is this a win for comedy and free speech? here with me in studio, comedian and host across america on fox news radio everyday noon to three east coast time. >> i love this story so much because these people are so angry, chapelle doesn't care. he's smoking a yard of wheat a day, he can't be canceled. >> cassie insanity of the whole thing. chapelle joked the trans community is to thin-skinned, they responded by getting offended, it's like i accuse you of being in alcohol, your responses to chuck a whole bottle. we are back there again. people to understand. kennedy: hello last night. >> so true but people don't understand when you make fun of any marginalized group, you're treating them as an equal. if you are at a live comedy show, you want to be made fun of because you are part of busting. if you go off to the corner like an

rowling. she wrote all the harry potter books by herself. about her. and they canceled her because she said in an interview, this is not exactly what she said. ef effectually said gender is a fact. terf is what they called her. i'm team terf. i agree. i agree, man. gender is a fact. >> joining us now is discuss this journalist and the host of the podcast tell this. mara, great to see you. i watched the closer knowing we had this discussion. what did you think of it? >> i texted a lot of people this weekend because i wanted a real sense how people were responding to it. his brilliance has always been in this really insightful razor-sharp commentary, that is hilarious. in this it felt to me he missed the mark and here's why. he spent a lot of time on trans women specifically more than just the lgbt community at large. he set up black rights versus lgbt right. you're team black or team trans. my big issue is it completely ignores the existence of black trans people. doesn't black lives matter mean black trans women matter. it ignores the presen

rowling's stance on transwomen, meanwhile where is black lives matter to protest these jackasses. he had the gall to say this. >> gender is a fact. every human being in this world, every human being on earth had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. that is a fact. >> gutfeld: news to me. so, in their mind -- in their minds, that's tantamount to a call for violence. but if they can't handle the truth, they should watch a sci-fi fantasy movie, like the fauci documentary. if you ran a company and 1,000 employees walked out, and it's not over dangerous working conditions, like, oh, my god, dangerous woke condition, what would you do? >> hire new people. >> gutfeld: there you go. >> it's so absurd. you have to imagine they were so deeply destroyed by this, i don't know how they're able to make it to work any time. and so that means they're probably not performatively and it's selfish and that makes you a garbage person. >> gutfeld: a garbage person. wasn't it a stroke of genius in the promotions department. they monetized wokism. the more outrage they generate, the more

rowling said that. the trans community started calling her a started calling her a turf. instrument services ceo said that necklace will work to support their stars and protect creative freedom. sadly, most broadcasters shaken out. >> dagen: nothing is off limits and comedy. if you are a comedian, you are a chronic button pusher, like dave chappelle. to quote charlie murphy from his old show, a "habitual line stepper." you know over the line is, you step on it and cross it. part of this -- i watched this special over the weekend -- chapelle is talking about something nuanced that deserves conversation, even after the fact by sharing the jokes, but also trying to get at the root of what he's talking about. the people who were mad are invested in being chronically outraged, and they have a cultural deafness, a willingness to only regurgitate talking points that they read on social media. they will never get what he's trying to do. he digs into that in the special. jay leno said you have to change your comedy based on the times. what a hack. beto o'rourke's stand up would be

rowling's stance on transwomen, meanwhile where is black lives matter to protest these jackasses. he had the gall to say this. >> gender is a fact. every human being in this world, every human being on earth had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. that is a fact. >> gutfeld: news to me. so, in their mind -- in their minds, that's tantamount to a call for violence. but if they can't handle the truth, they should watch a sci-fi fantasy movie, like the fauci documentary. if you ran a company and 1,000 employees walked out, and it's not over dangerous working conditions, like, oh, my god, dangerous woke condition, what would you do? >> hire new people. >> gutfeld: there you go. >> it's so absurd. you have to imagine they were so deeply destroyed by this, i don't know how they're able to make it to work any time. and so that means they're probably not performatively and it's selfish and that makes you a garbage person. >> gutfeld: a garbage person. wasn't it a stroke of genius in the promotions department. they monetized wokism. the more outrage they generate, the more

rowling.q community has been largely supported and believes this protest has nothing to do with that community. watch. >> it's about corporate interests and what i can say and what i cannot say. >> chapelle says because of this protest and his documentary film about his 2020 comedy tour had been uninvited to national festivals so he is now headlining his own intensity to her to talk about the phone. he handed his video asking if he is canceled or not. sounds like the answer is mostly not. >> tucker: forcing his critics to admit that hannah is not funny is in fact truly hilarious. hero. trace gallagher, thank you. so again, let's say you were a crack head through your 40s, made a lot of videos mostly of yourself, your covered in m&ms and when you got your 50s you said, i want to be andy warhol, highly paid pop artist. you probably couldn't do it unless your dad happened to be the president. according to the post, hunter biden has sold his paintings for $500 so joe biden's art show just opened i

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i know you got in touch with jk rowling personally.ecause the connection, and i didn't _ really. it's intriguing, because the connection, and i didn't know- really. it's intriguing, because the connection, and i didn't know it i connection, and i didn't know it until we were doing our research that you had a connection with until we were doing our research that you had a connection witth rowling before. you were pen pals or you wrote to her? it rowling before. you were pen pals or you wrote to her?— you wrote to her? it was quite a fluke, you wrote to her? it was quite a fluke. really- — you wrote to her? it was quite a fluke, really. i— you wrote to her? it was quite a fluke, really. iwrote _ you wrote to her? it was quite a fluke, really. i wrote to - you wrote to her? it was quite a fluke, really. i wrote to her- you wrote to her? it was quite a i fluke, really. i wrote to her while i was going through my eating disorder because as anyone with an eating disorder will know, it's a unique thing for something to take your mind off, and

rowling, who expressed anti-trans beliefs last year. chapelle also said he is team terf.es the line of poking fun. >> this was hate speech. >> the ceo initially defended the special by saying content on screen does not translate to real-world harm. in an interview last night, he acknowledged he screwed up and should have led with more humanity. >> i read the apology today. it does not go far enough. >> suzanne ford is a bay area trans activist who has led better to create me inclusive.id programming. >> often only the mocking stories are told about us. nobody talks about how beautiful our truth is when we get to live it. >> that click send a statement that they respect their employees decision to walk out and they recognize they have more work to do both within netflix and their content. kristen: -- larry: facebook taking a page out of google's playbook and will rebrand itself with a new name for its parent organization. kind of how they did with alphabet. it has been forever since we have spoken. >> it is good to see you. >> virtually. larry: facebook is not commenting o

chappelle is one, jk rowling is another. but standing firm helps those who aren't too big that they'd be sacrificed by their employer in a nanosecond if trouble starts and the twitter mobs come. don't misunderstand, i'm not covering for the haters on either side, i think there needs to be middle ground. but that space keeps getting uncomfortably more they're low. and don't overlook the political cost to the censors. the next time the left is going to brow beat a yale student over a party invite or cancel a speech or get rid of the volunteers at a museum or take down the statue of thomas jefferson they might want to think twice. because the accumulated weight of all of these stories becomes a great political motivator for the right which leads me to the survey question @smerconish.com. which party benefits from this. the cancel culture and disputes? republicans or democrats? go answer, i'll give you the result later. >>> now, to the berkeley story that involves personal politics overshadowing work. the head of the department

rowling, who expressed anti-trans lease last year.d he is team term, which stands for trends exclusionary radical feminist. >> this crosses the line of fun. this was hate speech. reporter: netflix ceo ted sarandos initially defended the special. but in an interview with variety last night he acknowledged he screwed up and should have led with a lot more humidity. >> --- more humanity. >> apology is wait too -- apology is way too late. reporter: they hope netflix will do better to create more inclusive programming. >> so often only the mocking stories are told about us. but nobody talks about how beautiful our truth is when we get to live it. reporter: netflix said today they respect their employee's decision to walk out and they recognize they have much more work to do within netflix and within the content. dan: marking the anniversary of the oakland hills fire storm. ama: the event that just wrapped up and how survivors are educating people about living in harm's way. ♪cough cough ♪ ♪ sneeze sneeze ♪ [ sneezing ] needs... ♪ plop plop

rowling, she said gender was a fact, and then the trans community got mad as [bleep].: scandalous. and authoring a tepid apology saying that he screwed up in the way that he communicated with staff, but he says for now he is not removing the special. joining me now is brett weinstein, dark horse and author of the evolution and the challenges of modern life, brett, you have experienced this stuff first hand, you have experienced it on college campuses and with your podcasts and digital outlets, you know what is fascinating about this netflix thing is for now it looks like a big american company standing strong come but i think i have to empathize for now, how long can they hold out? >> yes, i'm concerned about the same thing. in our book, heather and i argue that humor is the way that human beings sort out difficult issues, that that is an evolutionary purpose and in this case that we have is a small group of motivated activists trying to shut down the ability of an audience that clearly wants to hear this comedy, he wants to get in the way and pressure a corporation in

chappelle made several jokes about trans people and criticized cancel culture, this around author jk rowlinglisten. >> i looked it up. terf is an acronym, stands for transexclusionary radical feminist. i agree. i agree, man. gender is a fact. >> cnn entertain reporter chloe molasses has been covering this. tell us what netflix has been saying. >> hey, there. listen, this is causing a lot of controversy with many people speaking out about this against dave chappelle's special. but in a leaked email from ceo ted sarandos of netflix, he says svrl of you have asked where we draw the line and we don't allow titles on netflix that incite violence. but many people, and glad, strongly disagreed with that. >> a lot of people strongly disagreeing with that. also reports of a trans-employee at netflix criticizing the special, that employee was s suspended. >> three employees who work for netflix have been suspended according to a source close to the situation who spoke to me yesterday. one of those individuals is a woman named terra field, and there were some tweets criticizing the special and saying,

rowling, my gosh. with all of the harry potter books by herself. it's not exactly what she said but effectively she said gender was a fact, and when the trans commute. got mad as [ bleep ] and they started coming her a tefr. transexclusionary gender activist. i agree, gender is a fact. >> chapel reveled in live shows over the weekend reportedly saying they wants to cancel cancel culture. we should note that today is national coming out day. in a statement president biden says, goat, i want every moment of the lbgtq plus community to know that you're loved and accepted just the way you are, regardless of whether or not you've come out. joining us now is leah bradford. she's a transgender deejay and actress and we're grateful to have you this morning. in a video you posted on instagram you said, quote, shame on netflix. we asked the company for a statement about the controversy and a spokesman said they -- they don't have any comment. what do you want to tell them or what do you want them to do? >> well, first of all, good morning, boris, nice to spe

everything rowling so there is enough on effect on oil.not be opec-plus that since crude to other levels. it could be natural gas or russian gas line pipelines to europe. there are a lot of factors going into the winter. rishaad: perhaps some of the witnesses in china are in infrastructure as well? i am talking generally about energy here. what does one even clean from that? the world's biggest oil trader sitting it is all done to opec must ultimately what happens with oil? reporter: opec-plus is a main factor but as he said, china is also the world's guest consumer of many fuels. pending on what they do, we had a story saying that china wants to secure fuel at all costs. it's to make sure their country runs. their facing their own energy and power crisis. because of that, they going to markets and say they will buy all the coal and liquefied naturalas and even potentially oil that is less of a risk. it has a knock on effect because these markets are getting so tight that they are affecting each other. they can all be used as substitutes a

rowling who wrote the harry potter series. here is what he said. >> cancel j.k.nder was a fact. and then the trans community got mad and started calling her a turf. i agree, man, gender is a fact. >> bill: turf is trans exclusionary radical feminism. >> i'm sure many people were wondering. organizations like glad and the national black justice coalition have accused him of perpetuating trans phobia in this special and called for people not to watch it. and he doesn't care. you mentioned that he brought up -- he was at the hollywood bowl and said if this is what being canceled feels like, i love it. >> dana: there is freedom in being canceled. >> bill: the crazy thing is he is clearly liberal and he, like bill maher, their political affiliation. you can tell he is a registered democrat bnd point out the flaws within the party. one joke i shouldn't tell. >> bill: it is cable. >> he just said one of his points was he said that he supported the women's march but he also noted that a lot of women were screaming take me seriously while wearing ridiculous hats. it is st

rowling out celebrating christmas early. a new book titled "the christmas pig.pired the story >> he had this grubby little pink pig, which he still has but which was always getting lost just like jack in the story. he was constantly hiding this pig. and i became panicky that one day he was going to lose this pig for good so i bough i hit it in a cupboard i kept thinking about what it would be like to be the replacement toy, the second pig. and out of that grew the story of the christmas pig >> to hear more of j.k. p kj.k n on the new book, head to today.com. >>> and finally today marks the release of our very own dylan dreyer's first book. and in honor of the occasion, we have the author on the line. dilly-dilly. we'll get to your book in a second, but first the good stuff, how is baby rusty >> baby rusty is a dream it makes ollie look so difficult because this baby literally just sleeps and eats all day long and it's no problem. i mean, oliver is the one that we're struggling with at this point. but bringing him home to the boys, calvin is absolutely obsessed i