Jul 18 2007Dave Chappelle suffers exhaustion

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If I'd been so dumb as to walk away from $50 million because of drugs, I'd be exhausted too. What a moron.

Exhaustion from what? He's done like 2 things since he quit Chappelle's Show.

Don't be such a dick. Chappelle is the greatest thing to happen to comedy since Richard Pryor. And just because you haven't seen him do anything recently doesn't mean he hasn't been busy.

Go suck a cock!!

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Apparently he has the same Publicist as Brit and Lohan. Exhaustion, hint hint. Not drugs and booze. Next stop: promises malibu!

I'm fourth! Woo!!!

Woo!

The only reason you check into the emergency room for "exhaustion" is because you've been up for a week straight doing blow. Just ask Lindsay......

Who gives a rat's ass?

By 'traveling' , she means he drove into Yellow Springs, bought a hash brownie, couldn't find his car and had to borrow some hippie's bike to get home.

This story, much like my comment, is boring.

He just broke a world record by doing a SIX-HOUR-LONG stand up routine at the Laugh Factory in April. Still think hes not been doing anything? Still think he has no reason to be exhausted?

well, since its Dave Chappelle and he's exhausted, ill let this one slide...BITCH!

to quote the late Rick James on Dave's show:
"Cocaine is a hell of a drug"

Actually, Dave Chappelle has been doing a lot since. He has been absolutely tearing up the stand up circuit around the country. I've seen him here in SF a few times since April and he went well over 4 hours in his stand up routine.

hmmm. I guess doin nothin is breaking comedic records, right? which he just did recently when he did a stand up for like 6 and 1/2 hrs straight.
Basically he says he didn't want to take the money because he didnt want to compromise his views in other word "not sell out". why people hating on him for doin that?

Hmmm, let's see. April, May, June....July. Yes, I think he should have recovered from that grueling six-hour workday by now.

Here's hoping that you were going for sarcasm, #12.

#12
6 hours? this guy couldn't beat me in bed for SHIT BIATCH!

mmmmm mmmmmmmmmm crack and peanut butter sandwiches!!!!!!

tyrone the crack head

shit, whenever I'm exhausted, I go home and sleep. I've never thought to check into a hospital.

Hey Dan - he didn't break a world record. He has a Laugh Factory record. He was 10 hours short of the world record. See http://www.sheckymagazine.com/2007/04/chappelle-fails-to-see-light.html for details.

Now, Chapelle is a funny guy, but is an idiot who has not been doing much and has no reason to be exhausted.

i would like to fuck his fine ass filipina wife untill i end up in the hospital from exhaustion

WTF? He did a six hour routine? That's his F'ing job. I do mine for 8-10 hours a day and I'm not going to the ER for exhaustion.

yeah, he walked away from $50 million because of DRUGS.

THEM EVIL ENCAPSULATED SOLDIERS OF SATAN, BUDS.

stupid druggie. i guess the fact that the economy is tanking, the government has been taken over by a clusterfuck of swine, schools are still segregated, fred hampton was shot and no one knows who that is, mainstream media has returned to 50's gender roles, deserts are growing every year, education is cut every year, media moguls have psychological warfare down to an art, pharmaceutical companies spend twice as much on advertising as they do on testing, the medica has effectively turned the country into oruboros, and we still think they're above reproach, the world will be uninhabitable in less than 50 years, and there doesn't seem to be anything WE can do about it, because doubt can be raised as to even what the meaning of is is, and doubt is such a profitable product- must have been such a BUZZKILL.

but hey- maybe it will get better *after* it gets worse...

long story short: he's a smart, educated, conscientious black man.

almost as likely to go crazy as a smart, educated, conscientious female.

"Cuz I'm Rick James, bitch!"

I love Chapelle. What a nutbag, huh? That show has got a lot of nerve being on without him.

Chappelle is an idiot and a loser and a punk. The world was ready and waiting to crown him the next king of comedy, and he punked out and flaked out! He was practically going to be handed the crown, and he was too much of a loser to know how to deal with it. I mean, sure, to each there own, and if he's happier this way, then so be it. But it just pisses me off when someone gets all the opportunity in the world, gets wads of money thrown at them, and they just flake out and accept mediocrity. Can't like the guy, he's a loser.

maybe he didn't WANT your crown. maybe some fans just aren't worth a damn. hint. hint;)

peace out, folks. oh, and fuck y'all!

If you are exhausted then why the heck do you need to go to the hospital. Go lay in your damn bed and sleep. Geez! All this exhaustion business landing celebrities in the hospital is the lamest excuse.

Chapelle is allowed to do whatever he wants.

Dave Chapelle is a nice normal guy who got too famous, too quick and freaked. Youd go batshit too if you couldnt leave the house without some jackass screaming "Im Rick James, bitch!" while youre walking your kid to school. He may not be on TV, but he is still rockin the comedy scene.

you can't call it "not selling out" when you're already a millionaire.

Is this where I show up for the 4:00 Free Crack Giveaway??

My theory is that he's actually bipolar. He is probably crashing off of a manic cycle into depression.

I guess this doesn't help to do much against the stereotype that black people are lazy

#35 OMG! I totally agree! we're going to continually receive steryotypical comments from those of the world everytime one of our afro-american celebs screw up because of---wait for it---EXHAUSTION and DEHYDRATION. never thought of that til now...

RICK JAMES, BITCH! YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUH!!! WHAT????

Chappelle exhausted? Ahahahaha exhausted of what? C´mon, pure bullshits. I hate this guy.

Its so sad he OD'd I thought he was doing better.

Chappelle performs stand up all the time, especially in San Francisco, as well as travels other places. Clearly you guys are fucking idiots and need to get your facts straight before you open your mouths!

I used to see him perform comedy on the street in D.C., back in the day. Too bad he's sucking the Glass Dick.

The dudes got to put down the damn crack pipe already. Next we'll hear reports of him running around in the streets with a gun a la' Martin Lawrence (yeh, whatever happened to him too?) Anyways, I thought Martin was funny. Chappelle; over rated, imo.

I always love it how celebs always suffer from exhaustion from traveling, telling jokes, acting etc. I bust my ass unloading trucks, managing a warehouse, making deliveries and shit all fucking day and yet somehow I've never been hospitalized for exhaustion....

I never bought Chappelle's excuse for walking away from his show. When he was on Oprah, it seemed that he was tripping over his reasons. I think it may have been that the 3rd season (which exists on The Lost Episodes) are pretty awful, nowhere near the brilliance of the first 2 seasons.

Chappelle should know citing the reason "exhaustion" is just going to get him into trouble.

We all know this man is FILTHY rich living the fabulous life, do you think he would be on superficial if he wasn’t rotten rich??? The answer is NO that why he could easily turn down 50 Million ok

oh my god #42, you find martin funny but not chapelle??? what the hell is wrong with you?

oh well, this is too bad, he obviously has a problem, no he is not doing stand up "all the time", nice try though. cocaine is a helluva drug...

35# “Black people are lazy” the same people who worked on slave plantations from dusk till dawn, right??

24# It doesn’t have to get worst, everything you say can be solved, except about the deserts, and that has to do with some environmental, shit, which is a different topic completely.

worse

How the fuck would any of you know what he's been doing? Maybe he was actually traveling.

Considering most of you are probably poor, you probably don't know what that is like.

What I don't get is how celebrities get to stay in the hospital so long. I had flippin' SURGERY last week and was back at my house less than 3 hours after I left.

Lindsay Lohan stays for 5 days for "exhaustion". I want her medical coverage!

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@50, i know man, fuck that. i'm sick of celebrities citing 'exhaustion' cuz their cook had the day off.

He's performed about twenty times in the Bay
Area in the last two years. One performance clocked in at over 5 hours...

I guess comedy tours and having a wife and kid aren't exhausting, hmm?

Before you judge, maybe take a look at why Chris Rock stopped doing his show. Same reason. It stopped being a fun show with his friends and became a network suit-driven show.
The Lost Episodes sucked bc it was clear in every joke that he was miserable and depressed.

Tired Dave? All that whining finally caught up with ya...

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NOOOOOOOO! Please! Don't let Chappelle be like all the rest. Why? Exhaustion. *Shakes head*

The reason chappelle backed out of a 50 million dollar contract was because of the dark crusaders a handful of powerful african americans such as bill cosby,al sharpton and a few others trying to stop chappelle from giving african americans a bad image.
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"I guess comedy tours and having a wife and kid aren't exhausting, hmm?"

WHAT??? Please. Try having a full time job, a husband, several kids and a hell of a lot less money. Think before you speak.

Black Crusaders! Ha!

Gives them a bad name? If anything he gives them a good name. He actually WRITES JOKES (what a concept!) instead of putting on a fat suit and playing every charecter which seems to be the (terrible) trend right now.

I cant even stand to watch the commercials for that crap. Give me tired exhausted Chapelle anyday!

Maybe he actually says what he means! TAKE A BREAK D.C. I'll be waiting on you!

My boyfriend and I went to see him perform last year when he came to Tampa. The show started off well enough, but by the end it had turned into a paranoid "they're out to get me" rant. It dragged and we we're pretty relieved when it was over. It was sad as he had been my guy's favorite comedian for many years. We had seen Bob Saget a couple weeks before and we both agreed that his show was much better. (By the way, if you haven't seen Saget live, you've got to, it's very raunchy and he's very funny and he interacts with the crowd a lot...never thought I'd hear Danny Tanner practically callin' me a whore :)

This is disturbing. No, I don't doubt the drugs. I anyone actually noticed him on stage, he was stoned out of his friggin gourd about 95% of every episode. Can't say for sure though that he's a coke head, though. Six hour stand-up acts are not justification to say that he's a coke head. I knew guys that could smoke an ounce, pull two all-nighters and crash for two days.

That's a bummer about the $50 mil and turning it down. I'd like $50 mil, but if it meant that I had to sell my soul and everything I stood for, I'd tell them to get bent too. My guess is that he didn't want to sell out like Howard Stern, who probably should have ended his show as soon as he divorced his wife.

No matter what happens, I still have lots pf respect for Dave Chapelle. After all, Richard Pryor was also a coke head, and blew a lot of his money on drugs ... but he's still a legend because he challenged the limits of censorship and what not. The Chappelle show was probably the only thing I've seen since the SNL's with Eddie Murphy that made fun of not only blacks, but EVERYONE ... Asians, whites, jews, racists, celebrities, executives, rich people, drug dealers ... EVERYONE. Holding nothing back.

And I hope Carlos Mencia (who obviously replaced him) keeps doing that in his place. ANd if they try to shut him up, I hope he does the same thing Chapelle does.

I'll tell you what Dave's exhausting job was ... helping bring art and humor back into the stuffed-shirt world George W. and his cronies wants to create for us. The exhaustion and his job is not a sufficient enough excuse for us working stiffs (of which I am one), but all you that commented to that effect can't tell me that you haven't felt like having a break-down and wished that you could be committed at times.

Dave just had the money and time to check himself in, which if we had the money, I'm sure we'd do the same if we couldn't take a vacation. But Ho-han and Paris have less of a friggin excuse than Dave ... they bring nothing but tabloid crap and destructive role models for our little girls to look up to. Dave and those whores shouldn't even have been put in the same sentence.

And by the way, I saw a comment about Dave being Bipolar? Trust me, he's not. Even stoned, Bipolar I's will run 50 miles and back. In every one of his episodes, he looks like he's gonna fall asleep. He may be a Bipolar II, but I doubt it.

His Publicist must be out of touch. Apparently she didn't see the Television show where a Doctor made the comment "I'e worked in hospitals for 30 years and I have never once in my life seen or heard of anybody being admitted for "Exaustion" It's most likely code for an overdose.

Yeah, whoever his publicist is....I hate to tell her this but the cure for exaustion is a NAP you dumb Cow.

He's actually done a ton of things after the comedy central show. He has shows all over the U.S. and at different casino venues, charging $200 for a ticket, sold out shows all over the place. Just try to get a ticket to his show. Trust me he's still rolling in dough and he's still smoking reefer like a mofo.

RICK JAMES, BITCH!!!!

Chappelle has given more to us than any of the celbetards that have ever been shamed on this site. He is too good for this place.

Actually, Chapelle did put out an entire movie, "Dave Chappelle's Block Party", that was pretty well reviewed. And of course he continues to tour, play comedy clubs, etc., including breaking one record by performing to a packed house for 6 hours straight.

So I don't think it's accurate to say he's done nothing for the past 2 years.

David is beautiful and funny.
If he's exhausted he's welcome to come to the south valley in albuquerque and crash at my house anytime!

uh....if my mom will let me, anyway.

Viva FLOON the party God!

I ran into Chapelle here in DC 7/19/07 at night at a minimarket, he was buying cigs. I asked him for a pic with me and he refused, saying he had to run and meet his sister; but was semi-polite about it. He just seemed so sad and looked terrible. He is obviously battling something.

His dumb ass probably was high on drugs.

Apparently you guys don't know how exhausting stand up is. Most comedians are literally sweating and breathing very hard by the end of a stand up routine. Your 8 hour job may be just sitting there doing jack shit. Comedians do a lot of hard work. Moving constantly and talking/yelling throughout the whole routine.

I love Dave. I think he and Chris Rock are part of a small group of people in prominent positions who can be counted on to tell you the truth about what's really going on in this world. I hope he gets better.

I've never found Dave Chappelle that funny anyway. And if he wanted to walk away from that kind of money, then let him do it. Who effin cares anyway?

I think all of the Chappelle bashers are kneading the wrong teat (and probably needing all the tits they can get). All I've ever heard linked to Dave--by his own admission--is weed, when it comes to drugs. Caffeine's a more dangerous drug than fucking weed.

He's not an addict, or bi-polar, or schizophrenic, or any of that shit. I think any performer on a couple grand a year would be struck by 50 million like a wrecking ball in the gut. Hell, I'd feel the need to back way the fuck off, with the foggy realization of Hollywood being disgustingly insane with the numbers they give the stars becoming suddenly real if offered fifty-fucking-million dollars for doing a stand-up sketch comedy show. I'd feel the need to get back to my roots and look at that situation through something other than L.A. eyes.

Exhaustion doesn't equal drugs, in Hollywood, not always. If I was admitted to the psych ward for having a nervous breakdown or struggling through a major depressive episode, and I was in the public eye.... "Exhaustion" is better than "Dave came to me at three in the morning in just his pajama bottoms, saying he couldn't take it and was expressing suicidal thinking."

And that, "wah, I'm famous, my life sucks!" sarcasm is pedantic and played. Some people cannot handle fame.... Strike that. MOST people cannot handle fame, and ungodly amounts of money, being pushed on them. Have you SEEN how fucked the twenty-somethings in Hollywood are? That's the WRONG way to deal with money and fame.