David Spade Has Thoughts On Cancel Culture, Chris Rock's slap in the face and how much comedy has changed

David Spade Has Thoughts On Cancel Culture, The Chris Rock Slap And How Much Comedy Has Changed

As a close friend and former SNL co-star of Chris Rock, a stand-up comedian with plenty of crowd interaction experience and a former awards show host,

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David Spade is in a unique position to speak on the Will Smith slap at the Oscars.

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He defended his buddy in the aftermath of the original assault, and now, he’s offered up some extremely thoughtful comments about what happened and how much comedy has changed

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Appearing as a guest on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, David Spade was asked about his views on doing comedy in the age of cancel culture

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He said he’s not typically one who “starts a lot of shit” in his stand-up, but he pointed to guys like Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr who really push the boundaries

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According to him, that was “really the idea” when he first started doing comedy. You wanted “to push it a little bit” to get people laughing

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but nowadays, some people want to tear comedians down if they’re offended when most of the time “there’s no malice” behind the joke.

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