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July 11, 2008
Dave Chappelle Fundraiser Turns Out Even Worse Than You Could Imagine
Gawker
Yesterday, The Brooklyn Paper published an account of the Dave Chapelle no-show at a fundraiser for anti-Atlantic Yards US Congressional candidate Kevin Powell. The night was capped off by when an Atlantic Yards-friendly reporter from a rival paper took a turn at the mic.
Later in the day, the Felliniesque episode landed on Gawker, complete with a YouTube clip.
Bad news for Real World cast member-turned Congressional candidate (D-Pop Culture) Kevin Powell: Dave Chappelle totally spaced out on Powell's fundraiser in Brooklyn last night, costing him the crucial Chappelle-fan vote! The comedian was supposed to headline the fundraising show, but never appeared, possibly because he is crazy. Then Chris Rock refused to go on too, in solidarity! And it only got worse for Powell: a drunk journalist, for chrissake, tried to grab the mic and steal the show [UPDATE: And there's a video!]:
NoLandGrab: To be fair, no eyewitnesses stated that Witt was "drunk," though we can attest that he is a "journalist."
Posted by lumi at July 11, 2008 3:40 AM