SAN FRANCISCO (AP) 鈥� Dave Chappelle asked the crowd at his comedy show to 鈥渕ake some noise for the world鈥檚 richest man.鈥�
They did. Lots of booing.
It was a rather uncomfortable appearance for , Twitter's new owner, at Chappelle鈥檚 show with Chris Rock on Sunday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco. At the end of the show, Chappelle was talking about the need to get along and communicate with people with different viewpoints and perspectives.
He invited Musk onstage. The billionaire obliged, wearing an 鈥淚 Love Twitter鈥� T-shirt. Loud boos filled the arena 鈥� along with some cheers, too.
Chappelle joked to Musk: 鈥淪ounds like some of those people you fired.鈥� As the boos continued to ring out, the comic pointed out that 鈥淎ll you people booing, and I鈥檓 just pointing out the obvious 鈥� are in terrible seats.鈥�
Twitter is going through massive changes since Musk took over the social media platform, with the first few weeks of tenure seeing and the restoration of several blocked accounts, including those of former and .
The other performers from the night, including Rock, Donnell Rawlings from 鈥淐happelle鈥檚 Show鈥� and the hip hop group Black Star, came up on stage to say goodnight, while Musk also remained on stage. Chappelle asked Musk to repeat Rawlings鈥� catch phrase from their classic show 鈥� 鈥淚鈥檓 rich b鈥�-鈥� Rawlings went first, and then Musk complied.
That鈥檚 when Chappelle asked the crowd not to boo Musk as he needs him to open up the first comedy club on Mars. He also asked Musk if he could help Black Star鈥檚 Talib Kweli, who Chappelle said had been banned from Twitter.
Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion in October, responded by saying: 鈥淭witter customer service here.鈥�
He stayed onstage and shook hands with many of the performers. Attendees had been required to lock up their phones during the show, but a few videos of the encounter made their way online.
Haven Daley, The Associated Press
