Lebanese-Australian podcast host, political commentator, influencer, and entrepreneur Mario Nawfal reacted to Dave Chappelle’s Charlie Kirk joke controversy.On Saturday, Dave Chappelle was performing at Madison Square Garden in New York City and joked about Charlie Kirk’s murder, making him feel “better.” He later wrapped it up by telling the audience:“I’m sure Charlie Kirk is looking up at us right now, laughing so hard he can’t breathe.”Mario Nawfal shared a clip where an Ohio-born comedian-podcaster, Tony Hinchcliffe, made a similar remark about George Floyd during the 2026 Netflix special, The Roast of Kevin Hart, in May.“The Black community is so proud of you… Right now, George Floyd is looking up at us laughing so hard that he can’t breathe,” Hinchcliffe told Hart.Nawfal wrote in his caption on X:“OK... this adds an interesting layer to the whole Dave Chappelle/Charlie Kirk joke controversy. He made the same joke Tony Hinchcliffe made about George Floyd not being able to breathe, but swapped in Charlie Kirk. If you were offended by only one of them, that’s probably exactly what he wanted you to notice…”Dave Chappelle has yet to address the controversy.Exploring more reactions to Dave Chappelle’s controversial joke about Charlie KirkOn Saturday, Dave Chappelle did back-to-back shows at MSG, ending his “Karmageddon” tour and beginning the New York Comedy Festival. One point during his gig, Chappelle joked:“I feel f**ked up saying this. It’s scary being a public speaker. And I mean, look, ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered… and I shouldn’t say this publicly, but I feel better. I know I shouldn’t say that, but it’s just a feeling. I didn’t ask to feel this way. I would just be driving around like, ‘Why am I in such a good mood? Oh!’ I can’t help it. It’s voluntary.”According to The New York Post, the joke was filmed at a sold-out show where phones weren’t allowed and were made to be kept in zip-tied bags.Charlie Kirk was gunned down at the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025, during a Turning Point USA event. He was 31. Tyler Robinson has been charged with his murder and will face trial in June 2028.His wife, Erika Kirk, indirectly responded to Dave Chappelle via X on Sunday. She wrote:“To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline is beyond disgusting. My husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed in an act of political violence, something our two children and I will live with every day for the rest of our lives.”The mother of two continued:“A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together. You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life. This should not be so hard. Political violence must never be something this country tolerates, excuses, or celebrates.”Others who condemned Dave Chappelle include conservative commentators Benny Johnson and Alec Lace.“This isn’t even comedy. It’s just sick…” Johnson wrote on X.Meanwhile, Lace opined:“Dave Chappelle feels better ever since Charlie Kirk was murdered. He feels better knowing a father was taken from his kids just for having different opinions. What a sc*mbag.”The Breakfast Club co-host Charlamagne Tha God also shared his reaction to Dave Chappelle’s joke about Kirk. He said during his radio show:“I don't find the humor in people getting clapped, okay? Any of us can be shot, and I don't want anybody getting shot because somebody disagrees with their opinion. So yeah, you have the freedom to, you know, joke and talk about whatever you want to joke and talk about, but personally I don't want to deal with the energy of that. Like, I don't wish stuff like that on my worst enemy.”When his co-hosts mentioned that Dave’s joke was posted online without context, Charlamagne responded:“It just sounded like he made an observation — at least from what that clip just played, that it was just like he felt better after Charlie Kirk got shot and killed.”TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet also told Fox News Digital:“We're not asking people to, you know, be evangelical Christians here. We're asking you not to celebrate, condone or glorify political violence. Don't be happy when someone's assassinated. It's a very, very low bar. But if we don't keep it, then everything else falls apart.”Former SNL cast member and MAGA supporter Rob Schneider also wrote a lengthy X post directly addressing Dave Chappelle. He began:“Dear Dave Chappelle, you are not the same human being you once were. You are no longer a champion of compassionate freedom of thought, a person who makes people question their prejudices and preconceived judgments. An entertainer who asks their audience to open their minds and hearts more.”Schneider continued:“Dave, you are now a champion of senseless violence who embodies the base ugliness of our body politic. Nobody deserves to die for engaging in conversation. And no one should ‘feel better’ after the violent murder of a husband, a father, a son and a friend. No human being deserves that.”Rob Schneider ended by telling Dave Chappelle that he was still his “friend” and hoped that he would return to his “great spirit of generosity and compassion” that earned him the “love and respect of so many of us.”Tony Hinchcliffe never apologized for his George Floyd joke. Kevin Hart said it was the “production” that decided to retain the joke and asked people to stop blaming him, as he didn’t say it. He further acknowledged during an appearance on The Breakfast Club:“Yeah, the George Floyd joke, it wasn’t a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience, but our audience that’s watching the roast, if you’re watching the roast, you get why they’re doing it. You get why the racial humor is on the table. I wasn’t shocked. That’s what they do. Go look at [The Roast of] Tom Brady, like, that’s what they do. It happens every year when they do a roast. I don’t expect less. I don’t expect more. Tony Hinchcliffe arguably had the best set or one of the best sets.”Kevin added:“Whatever the dialogue is, my rebuttal is simplicity. Remove me from it. I didn’t say it. If you are upset that the night went on, that’s a different conversation. It’s nothing I could do. It’s a production.”Back then, a spokesperson for the Gianna and George Floyd Foundation called Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke “sad for the culture” and claimed the Floyd family was “baffled and disgusted” by it, in a statement to TMZ.“We are trying to rebuild things for our community and make things better in our community. Let's try to be a little bit more positive — and not sit up there doing colon inspections by white comedians,” the spokesperson added.George Floyd, a Black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2020 from police brutality and racial discrimination. One of his last recorded words was, “Please, I can’t breathe,” before he was fatally asphyxiated by a White cop, Derek Chauvin, who was later convicted of Floyd’s murder and sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison. The other three officers on scene were also found guilty of violating the victim’s civil rights. The city of Minneapolis also settled a $27 million wrongful death lawsuit with the Floyd family.