Comedian Dave Chappelle wasn’t about to put up with Rep. Lauren Boebert’s antics while standing.
According to multiple news outlets, Chappelle took a selfie with the Colorado Republican lawmaker at the Capitol on Thursday, but Boebert turned it into an anti-trans message on X (née Twitter).
Alongside a photo with comedian and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Boebert wrote, “Just three people who understand there are only two genders.”
While Chappelle has been accused of using transphobic material on his shows, he was reportedly not happy about being associated with Boebert’s message.
During his stand-up performance at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC, he said that he granted Boebert’s request for a photo for a human moment to bridge the political divide, but felt “blindsided” by her, so a progressive influencer blog.
“It’s a shame she tricked me,” Chappelle said Call for activism. “I had two tickets to ‘Beetlejuice’ and wanted to give her one!”
Beetlejuice was the musical that led to Boebert being publicly scorned. She and her date were banned from a performance in Denver for groping, smoking and talking during the show.
Politico’s Kevin Baron, who said he was on Chappelle’s Show, wrote on X that the comedian “made clever jokes about his trans jokes, saying something like, ‘Just when I thought we were over this, she pulled me back in!’ ”
A spokesman for Boebert told HuffPost on Friday that Chappelle “can be ticked as much as he wants.” That’s the reality. There are only two genders.”
HuffPost also reached out to Chappelle for comment.