Not getting credit for 'Key & Peele' hurt Dave Chappelle's feelings

Their Comedy Central shows have a lot in common, years apart.
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Proma Khosla
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Not getting credit for 'Key & Peele' hurt Dave Chappelle's feelings
Dave Chappelle at the 2016 BET Awards in Los Angeles. Credit: Buckner/Variety/REX/Shutterstock

Dave Chappelle's latest Netflix special takes what appears to be a loving poke at Key & Peele, but in an interview with CBS, Chappelle got more in-depth. He told Gayle King that it "hurt [his] feelings" to see Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele excel in a format that Chappelle himself worked on for years at Comedy Central.

“When I did Chappelle’s Show, there were certain conventions of the show that the network resisted," Chappelle tells Gayle King around 7:50 in the video. "I fought the network very hard so that those conventions could come to fruition.”

“So like the first episode, I do that black white supremacist sketch," he added. "And it’s like, ‘Well, that’s 10 minutes long. It should be five minutes long.’ Why should it be five minutes long? Like, these types of conventions. I fought very hard..."

"So when I watch Key & Peele and I see they’re doing a format that I created, and at the end of the show, it says, ‘Created by Key & Peele,’ that hurts my feelings,” Chappelle said.

Chappelle's new specials begin streaming March 21.

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Proma Khosla

Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.

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