Dave Chappelle controversially returns to ‘SNL’ this week as host

Live from New York, it’s Saturday night! Season 48 of Saturday night live premiered October 1 and show runner lorne michaels it has yet to disappoint with its choice of hosts and musical guests. This week the comedian david chapel hosts the Nov. 12 episode, as rap duo Black Star is the musical host, Dave, 49, has hosted the show twice before, in 2016 and 2020. This year, he will continue the tradition of Dave hosting after an election in the United States (the 2022 midterms the Tuesday fair will take place). The return of Dave a sl is causing controversy as he made transphobic jokes in his 2021 Netflix special The closest🇧🇷

To start this season, Top Gun: nonconformist actor odometer35, featured on the Oct. 1 episode with Kendrick Lamar as musical guest. “It’s really exciting. You work with the best of the best, so you feel taken care of, but yeah, that’s a lot. It’s a whirlwind,” said Miles. NBC4 before his big debut.

this season of sl comes after a handful of cast members announced their departures from the show. To issue alex moffat🇧🇷 Melissa Villasenorand featured player Aristotle Atari left after season 47, along with Kate McKinnon🇧🇷 Aidy Bryant🇧🇷 Kyle MooneyY pete davidson🇧🇷 Chris Red also confirmed for PEOPLE who would be leaving the show on September 20.

Find out more about the show’s upcoming 48th season below.

Dave Chappelle hosts ‘SNL’ for the third time.

Saturday night live he will receive Dave for the third time. Dave first performed the show on November 12, 2016, days later Donald Trump he won the 2016 presidential election. Dave received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. Dave’s second headlining show was November 7, 2020, first Joe Biden was officially declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Before his third appearance as host, sl posted a promotional video of Dave with Black Star.

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Dave’s controversy with his Netflix special has returned to the spotlight after news of his performance broke. Saturday night live The writers reportedly threatened to boycott Dave’s episode of the sketch show page six🇧🇷 His camp denied there was any problem, saying tmz extension they had heard no such thing. Dave has been criticized by the LBGTQ community for extensively criticizing trans people on stage and in his specials. He defended his comments, mainly stating that it’s all in fun.

sl previously released the names of the first three hosts when they revealed that Miles Teller would be helping out at the start of the season, followed by Brendan Gleeson from 8 October onwards Megan you stallion on October 15th. jack harlow Y amy schumer hosted the two episodes that aired before Dave.

The episode’s musical guest is Black Star.

The hip hop duo Black Star, consisting of rappers YasinBey Y Talib Kwelithey are the musical guests of Dave’s episode sl🇧🇷 They formed in 1996 and released their first album in 1998. The duo recently released their second album, without fear of timein May 2022. Black Star is expected to perform songs from their second album in sl🇧🇷

Saturday night live airs at 11:35pm PST/EST and 9:30pm MT on local NBC affiliates. The series can also be streamed live on the Peacock app.

‘SNL’ cast members this season

Saturday night live has a number of new cast members joining the show this season, including Marcellus Hernandez🇧🇷 molly kearney🇧🇷 michael longfellowY Devon Walker🇧🇷

miguel che Y colin jost they remain in their roles as host of “Weekend Updates”, from which they took over in 2014 Seth Meyers Y strong cecilia🇧🇷 Other returning cast members include strong cecilia🇧🇷 Kenan Thompson🇧🇷 bowen yangY Heidi Gardner🇧🇷 Complete the return list is Sarah Sherman🇧🇷 ego nwodim🇧🇷 Cloe Fineman🇧🇷 miky dayY punk johnson🇧🇷

As mentioned above, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, lead Aristotle Athari, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Pete Davidson, and Chris Redd all departed the show ahead of season 48. Many of these cast members announced their starting in May and some not. unveiling the news until September 1st.

Chris announced the news of his departure from sl on September 20 with a statement to PEOPLE🇧🇷 “You are part of sl It was the experience of a lifetime. Five years ago, I joined 30 Rock knowing this was an incredible growth opportunity,” Chris said. “Now, with friends who have become family and memories I will cherish forever, I am grateful to Cassie Gill Lorne Michaels and all sl organization. From the bottom of my heart, I can’t thank you enough.”