Dave Chappelle says comedy is 'easier' in Saudi Arabia than US, mentions Charlie Kirk Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY October 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM 0 As comedians from Bill Burr to Kevin Hart were slammed for performing at Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival, Dave Chappelle said the Middle Eastern nation ...
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY October 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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As comedians from Bill Burr to Kevin Hart were slammed for performing at Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival, Dave Chappelle said the Middle Eastern nation is actually more suitable for stand-up than the United States.
During his headlining set, the "Chappelle's Show" star emphasized that comedians face far greater scrutiny in the U.S., the New York Times reported. He specifically mentioned the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and how people were condemned for comments made about him.
"Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, you'll get canceled," Chappelle said, according to the Times. "I don't know if that's true, but I'm gonna find out."
The 52-year-old Washington, D.C. native reportedly said he was nervous about returning to the U.S. because "they're going to do something to me so that I can't say what I want to say."
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"It's easier to talk here than it is in America," he added.
Dave Chappelle attends the 56th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on Feb. 22, 2025.
His set comes after ABC briefly suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show following outrage over comments made regarding Kirk's murder. Disney, ABC as well as affiliate companies Sinclair Broadcasting Group and Nexstar Media Group have since stopped preempting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" which has returned to airing five days a week.
Chappelle is among multiple comics who faced backlash for performing in Saudi Arabia, which has been criticized for its human rights record.
Sean "Diddy" Combs becomes emotional as his children go to the podium to make impact statements during a court sentencing, after the music mogul was convicted on charges of transporting prostitutes to engage in drug-fueled sexual performances, in New York City, Oct. 3, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs becomes emotional as his children go to the podium to make impact statements during a court sentencing, after the music mogul was convicted on charges of transporting prostitutes to engage in drug-fueled sexual performances, in New York City, Oct. 3, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs becomes emotional as his children go to the podium to make impact statements during a court sentencing, after the music mogul was convicted on charges of transporting prostitutes to engage in drug-fueled sexual performances, in New York City, Oct. 3, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs gestures as he speaks with his defense team before the day's session of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 18, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs gestures as he speaks with his defense team before the day's session of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 18, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs gestures as he speaks with his defense team before the day's session of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 18, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/JHVtP6G class=caas-img>Defense lawyer Teny Geragos cross-examines witness Special Agent DeLeassa Penland before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Defense lawyer Teny Geragos cross-examines witness Special Agent DeLeassa Penland before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Defense lawyer Teny Geragos cross-examines witness Special Agent DeLeassa Penland before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/wVj5nzm class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs watches sex tapes that are shown to the jury during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs watches sex tapes that are shown to the jury during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs watches sex tapes that are shown to the jury during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/BNgwqZa class=caas-img>Sex tapes are shown to the jury during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sex tapes are shown to the jury during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sex tapes are shown to the jury during Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/bOIU2fV class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs watches sex tapes that are shown to the jury during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs watches sex tapes that are shown to the jury during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs watches sex tapes that are shown to the jury during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/4nGbvq7 class=caas-img>Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson displays text messages between Sean "Diddy" Combs and Casandra "Cassie" Ventura as she questions Special Agent DeLeassa Penland during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson displays text messages between Sean "Diddy" Combs and Casandra "Cassie" Ventura as she questions Special Agent DeLeassa Penland during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson displays text messages between Sean "Diddy" Combs and Casandra "Cassie" Ventura as she questions Special Agent DeLeassa Penland during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on June 17, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Singer Dawn Richard testifies about seeing Sean "Diddy" Combs strike his then-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 19, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
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Singer Dawn Richard testifies about seeing Sean "Diddy" Combs strike his then-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 19, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
">Singer Dawn Richard testifies about seeing Sean "Diddy" Combs strike his then-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 19, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/LcvzwQT class=caas-img>Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Foster questions Kerry Morgan at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 19, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Foster questions Kerry Morgan at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 19, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
">Assistant U.S. Attorney Meredith Foster questions Kerry Morgan at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 19, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs' listens to testimony during his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs' listens to testimony during his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs' listens to testimony during his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/gqvKXC4 class=caas-img>Male stripper Daniel Phillip, the prosecution's second witness, testifies at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
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Male stripper Daniel Phillip, the prosecution's second witness, testifies at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
">Male stripper Daniel Phillip, the prosecution's second witness, testifies at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
" src=https://ift.tt/Tf8ipJk class=caas-img>U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian presides at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial on May 12, 2025.
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U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian presides at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial on May 12, 2025.
">U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian presides at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial on May 12, 2025.
" src=https://ift.tt/spkwef2 class=caas-img>Hotel surveillance footage of Cassie Ventura is shown as prosecutor Christy Slavik questions Israel Florez, a former security guard, at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, on May 12, 2025.
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Hotel surveillance footage of Cassie Ventura is shown as prosecutor Christy Slavik questions Israel Florez, a former security guard, at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, on May 12, 2025.
">Hotel surveillance footage of Cassie Ventura is shown as prosecutor Christy Slavik questions Israel Florez, a former security guard, at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, on May 12, 2025.
" src=https://ift.tt/KaoyfNP class=caas-img>Cassie Ventura in an incident partially captured in a 2016 hotel surveillance video.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>Israel Florez, now an LAPD officer, was cross-examined about his recollection of events when he responded to a call for "a woman in distress" after Combs attacked then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in an incident partially captured in a 2016 hotel surveillance video.
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Israel Florez, now an LAPD officer, was cross-examined about his recollection of events when he responded to a call for "a woman in distress" after Combs attacked then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in an incident partially captured in a 2016 hotel surveillance video.
">Israel Florez, now an LAPD officer, was cross-examined about his recollection of events when he responded to a call for "a woman in distress" after Combs attacked then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in an incident partially captured in a 2016 hotel surveillance video.
" src=https://ift.tt/sjoCvW0 class=caas-img>Prosecutor Emily Johnson points to Sean "Diddy" Combs before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
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Prosecutor Emily Johnson points to Sean "Diddy" Combs before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
">Prosecutor Emily Johnson points to Sean "Diddy" Combs before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
" src=https://ift.tt/570VRiM class=caas-img>Defense lawyer Teny Geragos makes opening statements to the jury before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/cismfbd class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Defense lawyer Teny Geragos makes opening statements to the jury before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
">Defense lawyer Teny Geragos makes opening statements to the jury before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 12, 2025.
" src=https://ift.tt/cismfbd class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs faces the jury as his defense lawyer Teny Geragos makes opening statements.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs faces the jury as his defense lawyer Teny Geragos makes opening statements.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs faces the jury as his defense lawyer Teny Geragos makes opening statements.
" src=https://ift.tt/FBa7yAR class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs reacts to his family members seated in the audience at his sex trafficking trial.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs reacts to his family members seated in the audience at his sex trafficking trial.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs reacts to his family members seated in the audience at his sex trafficking trial.
" src=https://ift.tt/3O2hqtV class=caas-img>Family members of Sean "Diddy" Combs attend his sex trafficking trial.
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Family members of Sean "Diddy" Combs attend his sex trafficking trial.
">Family members of Sean "Diddy" Combs attend his sex trafficking trial.
" src=https://ift.tt/zOyfQci class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs puts his hand on his heart as he enters the courtroom for jury selection at the start of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 6, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs puts his hand on his heart as he enters the courtroom for jury selection at the start of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 6, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs puts his hand on his heart as he enters the courtroom for jury selection at the start of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 6, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/imCcqAG class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs sits before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian as jury selection continued at his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 6, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs sits before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian as jury selection continued at his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 6, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs sits before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian as jury selection continued at his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 6, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/QycCaS5 class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs stands with his attorneys before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to observe the pool of potential jurors entering for the first day of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/9GBWja1 class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs stands with his attorneys before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to observe the pool of potential jurors entering for the first day of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs stands with his attorneys before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian to observe the pool of potential jurors entering for the first day of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/9GBWja1 class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs embraces his attorneys before jury questioning got underway in his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs embraces his attorneys before jury questioning got underway in his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs embraces his attorneys before jury questioning got underway in his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/ZxavEki class=caas-img>District Judge Arun Subramanian interviews potential jurors as Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with his legal team, at the start of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/ZrU81mz class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
District Judge Arun Subramanian interviews potential jurors as Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with his legal team, at the start of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">District Judge Arun Subramanian interviews potential jurors as Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with his legal team, at the start of his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/ZrU81mz class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs observes the pool of potential jurors entering for his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/zXtcF1q class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs observes the pool of potential jurors entering for his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs observes the pool of potential jurors entering for his sex trafficking trial in New York City on May 5, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/zXtcF1q class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs sits at the defense table during his pretrial conference next to Teny Geragos, member of his defense team, in New York on April 25, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/Cgafts4 class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs sits at the defense table during his pretrial conference next to Teny Geragos, member of his defense team, in New York on April 25, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs sits at the defense table during his pretrial conference next to Teny Geragos, member of his defense team, in New York on April 25, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/Cgafts4 class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with members of his defense team Teny Geragos and Alexandra Shapiro for a conference ahead of his trial next month on sex trafficking charges, in New York on April 18, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/PYb4sFV class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with members of his defense team Teny Geragos and Alexandra Shapiro for a conference ahead of his trial next month on sex trafficking charges, in New York on April 18, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs sits with members of his defense team Teny Geragos and Alexandra Shapiro for a conference ahead of his trial next month on sex trafficking charges, in New York on April 18, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/PYb4sFV class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs stands with one his lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, during his hearing where he pleaded not guilty to an expanded federal indictment charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts, including racketeering and sex trafficking on in New York, April 14, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs stands with one his lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, during his hearing where he pleaded not guilty to an expanded federal indictment charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts, including racketeering and sex trafficking on in New York, April 14, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs stands with one his lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, during his hearing where he pleaded not guilty to an expanded federal indictment charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts, including racketeering and sex trafficking on in New York, April 14, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/MEp4NFQ class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs stands as he is arraigned on a superseding indictment ahead of his May trial on sex trafficking charges, in New York on March 14, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/7MUacsk class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs stands as he is arraigned on a superseding indictment ahead of his May trial on sex trafficking charges, in New York on March 14, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs stands as he is arraigned on a superseding indictment ahead of his May trial on sex trafficking charges, in New York on March 14, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/7MUacsk class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs attends a pre-trial conference in his sex trafficking case with his attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Anthony Ricco in New York City on Dec. 18, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/PlC94gR class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends a pre-trial conference in his sex trafficking case with his attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Anthony Ricco in New York City on Dec. 18, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs attends a pre-trial conference in his sex trafficking case with his attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Anthony Ricco in New York City on Dec. 18, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/PlC94gR class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs listens accompanied by attorneys Anthony Ricco and Alexandra Shapiro, on the day of his hearing on his request to be released from jail pending trial in New York City on Nov. 22, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/g0k54DL class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs listens accompanied by attorneys Anthony Ricco and Alexandra Shapiro, on the day of his hearing on his request to be released from jail pending trial in New York City on Nov. 22, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs listens accompanied by attorneys Anthony Ricco and Alexandra Shapiro, on the day of his hearing on his request to be released from jail pending trial in New York City on Nov. 22, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/g0k54DL class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs', with his mom seated in the back, attends a hearing in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Oct. 10, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/NicX61G class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs', with his mom seated in the back, attends a hearing in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Oct. 10, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs', with his mom seated in the back, attends a hearing in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Oct. 10, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/NicX61G class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs' bows and waves back to friends and family who wave at him as he attends a hearing in federal court in Manhattan on Oct. 10, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/0tVMwiE class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Sean "Diddy" Combs' bows and waves back to friends and family who wave at him as he attends a hearing in federal court in Manhattan on Oct. 10, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
">Sean "Diddy" Combs' bows and waves back to friends and family who wave at him as he attends a hearing in federal court in Manhattan on Oct. 10, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/0tVMwiE class=caas-img>Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson argues for the prosecution as Sean "Diddy" Combs and his defense lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos are seated during a bail hearing in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Sept. 18, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" data-src=https://ift.tt/v8YN6sd class=caas-img data-headline="Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: See courtroom sketches of his family, witnesses, judge" data-caption="
Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson argues for the prosecution as Sean "Diddy" Combs and his defense lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos are seated during a bail hearing in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Sept. 18, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
">Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson argues for the prosecution as Sean "Diddy" Combs and his defense lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos are seated during a bail hearing in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Sept. 18, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
" src=https://ift.tt/v8YN6sd class=caas-img>Sean "Diddy" Combs stands before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky after prosecutors brought three criminal charges against him in federal court in Manhattan on Sept. 17, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs stands before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky after prosecutors brought three criminal charges against him in federal court in Manhattan on Sept. 17, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs becomes emotional as his children go to the podium to make impact statements during a court sentencing, after the music mogul was convicted on charges of transporting prostitutes to engage in drug-fueled sexual performances, in New York City, Oct. 3, 2025, in this courtroom sketch.
Global organization Human Rights Watch accused the festival of diverting attention away from allegations of the government's severe repression of free speech and criticized comedians for performing on the behest of an oppressive regime.
The festival was also slammed for overlapping with the seventh anniversary of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national and U.S. resident who was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018.
Fellow comedian Burr defended his Riyadh performance in a Sept. 29 episode of his "Monday Morning Podcast" calling it one of the "top three experiences" of his career.
"It was great to experience that part of the world and to be a part of the first comedy festival over there in Saudi Arabia," he said. "The royals loved the show. Everyone was happy. The people that were doing the festival were thrilled."
Chappelle is no stranger to controversy. His 2021 Netflix special "The Closer," received backlash over remarks about transgender people, and his 2023 special "The Dreamer" made jabs about disabled people including Madison Cawthorn, a paraplegic and former North Carolina Republican representative.
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