Chappelle focused on the trans community in his opening.

It was clearly Jim Carrey.

I say all that to say … thats how trans people make me feel.

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Tonight, Im doing all handicapped jokes.

Theyre not as organized as the gays and I love punching down, he said.

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Chappelle later returned to his thoughts on the trans community.

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You know how Ive been repairing it?

I wrote a play.

Cause I know that gays love plays.

Its a very sad play, but its moving.

Its about a Black transgender woman whose pronoun is, sadly, n***a.

He later admitted that the internal reaction to the controversy was botched.