Dave Chappelle has found an unlikely ally in the midst of heavy backlash following the release of his new Netflix special, The Closer.
In his latest stand-up release, the 48-year-old comedian defended JK Rowling after weighing in on the writer's comments about the transgender community.
Chappelle said he "agrees" that "gender is a fact", as he discussed how the Harry Potter author had been branded a "TERF" (Trans-exclusionary radical feminist).
His special sparked mass outrage on social media, with many viewers putting pressure on Netflix to remove The Closer from the streaming giant immediately.
Despite the influx of disapproving remarks over the special, one transgender comedian has defended Chappelle, saying she does not support the "canceling" of his show.
Flame Monroe has spoken out about the controversial stand-up special, telling TMZ: "As a comedian, I believe that I don't want to be censored.
"I think that nothing is off-limits ... The world has become too censored. There's three dogs I have in this fight: as a comedian, I don't want to be censored; as a trans woman, I want equality; and as a black person, I want fair treatment in this country that we've been trying to get for 400 years," Monroe continued.
"All of this what you can say [or] cannot say is ridiculous. I absolutely do not think the special should be taken down off of Netflix," she said.
She went on: "What the great Dave Chappelle has just done has opened up a forum to have a real conversation between the heterosexual and the gay community.
"If you are in a room and you are uncomfortable, you are free to leave."
During his special, Chappelle said, per NBC News: "Any of you who have ever watched me know that I have never had a problem with transgender people. If you listen to what I'm saying, clearly, my problem has always been with white people.
"They canceled JK Rowling. My god," he told the crowd.
Chappelle continued: "Effectually she said gender was a fact, the trans community got mad as s**t, they started calling her a Terf. I'm Team TERF. I agree. I agree, man. Gender is a fact," he added.
The Half-Baked actor claimed he does not have any issue with the trans community, nor does he think "trans women aren't women".
He then made comments about trans women's genitals, saying: "Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth. That is a fact."
"I am just saying that those p****** that they got, you know what I mean?" he said, before adding: "I'm not saying it's not p****, but it's Beyond P**** or Impossible P*****. It tastes like p****, but that's not quite what it is, is it? That's not blood. That's beet juice," he added.
Chappelle also likened being trans to a white person pretending to be Black.
At the end of the special, Chapelle said he was done professionally joking about "LBGTQ, LMNOPQXYZ people."
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