Dave Chappelle has felt that he wasn't paid properly for his Comedy Central series Chappelle's Show since he walked away from it abruptly in 2006. Now the streaming rights for the episodes have become a major point of contention. According to Variety, Netflix has removed the show from it's platform at Chappelle's request.
Episodes of Chappelle's Show are still available on Comedy Central, CBS All Access, and HBO Max, but the comedian is asking his fans not to watch them until he is paid properly. Chappelle made the announcement in an Instagram video. Get his complete thoughts on the matter there, but the quote below sums it up.
“They (ViacomCBS) didn’t have to pay me because I signed the contract,” Chappelle said in the video. “But is that right? I found out that these people were streaming my work and they never had to ask me or they never have to tell me. Perfectly legal ‘cause I signed the contract. But is that right? I didn’t think so either. That’s why I like working for Netflix. I like working for Netflix because when all those bad things happened to me, that company didn’t even exist. And when I found out they were streaming ‘Chappelle’s Show,’ I was furious. How could they not– how could they not know? So you know what I did? I called them and I told them that this makes me feel bad. And you want to know what they did? They agreed that they would take it off their platform just so I could feel better.”
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