Dave Chappelle recently told a stand-up audience in San Francisco that “Saturday Night Live” producers did not want him to talk about Gaza or transgender people in his opening monologue when he hosted the show in January.

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With that in mind, it might not be surprising that " Saturday Night Live " gave the button-pushing comedian a list of "no-nos" during his recent appearance on the long-running series. Chappelle told a San Francisco crowd on February 13 that producers on the show warned him away from talking about transgender people and Gaza.

During his set at the Masonic in San Francisco, comedian Dave Chappelle told the crowd that the team at "Saturday Night Live" forbid him from speaking about two topics when he hosted the show on January 18: Gaza and transgender people.

Dave Chappelle took the stage for a stand-up show in San Francisco this week. During his performance, the controversial comedian, 51, revealed the top topics “Saturday Night Live” producers told him to avoid during his opening monologue while hosting the show last month.

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At the first of a series of impromptu sold-out shows in San Francisco, comedian Dave Chappelle shared the two things that "SNL" told him he couldn't talk about.

Chappelle's vicious anti-trans rhetoric hasn't stopped the long-running comedy show from repeatedly inviting him back.

Live monologue caused a stir when he revealed that producers had told him he couldn’t talk about two hot-button topics:

Dave Chappelle told an audience in San Francisco last week that Saturday Night Live producers told him to avoid talking about Gaza or transgender people during his opening monologue when he hosted the show Jan.

Chappelle's vicious anti-trans rhetoric hasn't stopped the long-running comedy show from repeatedly inviting him back.

“SNL producers told him he couldn’t speak about two topics: transgender people and Gaza,” reported SFGATE’s senior culture editor Dan Gentile. However, Chappelle still slipped in a reference to Palestine during his monologue, which was recorded on Jan. 18.