Dave Chappelle says celebrities left ‘dirty notes’ for Trump at the White House

‘It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen’

Dave Chappelle says celebrities were behind “dirty notes” left for Donald Trump at the White House shortly before he arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Chappelle addressed the topic in a conversation with Naomi Campbell, in the latest episode of her YouTube podcast No Filter with Naomi.

Back in 2019, then-White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said that when she and the incoming Trump team came into the White House, “we had notes left behind that said ‘you will fail’ and ‘you aren’t going to make it.’”

The assertion was disputed at the time, and denounced as a lie by some officials – but Chappelle has now offered a different version of events.

Remembering a party at the White House in the final days of the Obama administration, the comedian told Campbell: “It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen – this was one of the last big parties the Obamas threw.

“And I’m not going to say these celebrities’ names. ...Remember when the Trump administration moved in, they said, ‘The Obama staff left dirty notes for us in all the drawers and all the cabinets?’”

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Chappelle then said he “saw this happen”, adding: “I’m not going to say who did it, but it was celebrities writing all this crazy s*** and putting it all over there. I saw them doing it, so when I saw the news, I laughed real hard.”