{"id":"1794155154156-tech-segment","slug":"musk-shames-chappelle-over-kirk-joke","title":"Musk Shames Chappelle Over Kirk Joke","summary":"Dave Chappelle said during his Karmageddon tour at Madison Square Garden that he “feel[s] better” since Charlie Kirk was murdered. Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University; Tyler Robinson has been charged. Elon Musk responded on X: “Shame, shame, shame on Chappelle.”\n\nThe backlash follows Benny Johnson's post noting that Kirk had defended Chappelle after the 2022 stage attack at the Hollywood Bowl. Chappelle had previously addressed Kirk's killing in his December 2025 Netflix special, saying he was “shook” but rejecting comparisons of Kirk to Martin Luther King. Musk and Chappelle have past friction, including the 2022 San Francisco show where Musk was booed.\n\nDave Chappelle did make the “I feel better” joke about Charlie Kirk's murder during Madison Square Garden shows, and Kirk had previously defended Chappelle after the 2022 stage attack. Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University; Tyler Robinson has been charged. A promotional visit post from Tim Cook, not a fact-checkable claim. NAMES: Tim Cook = Apple CEO; Apple Bağdat Caddesi = Apple store on Bağdat Avenue in Istanbul; Les Benjamins = Istanbul-based fashion brand; Benji = its founder/designer. POST 2119450489561731567: NOCLAIM This is an opinion/prediction about AI-agent product design and ordering from China, not a discrete factual claim to verify. NAMES: @levelsio = Pieter Levels, indie founder/maker behind Nomad List and Photo AI.","publishedAt":"2026-11-08T16:25:54.156Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"The Build","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Dave Chappelle did make the “I feel better” joke about Charlie Kirk's murder during Madison Square Garden shows, and Kirk had previously defended Chappelle after the 2022 stage attack. Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University; Tyler Robinson has been charged. A promotional visit post from Tim Cook, not a fact-checkable claim. NAMES: Tim Cook = Apple CEO; Apple Bağdat Caddesi = Apple store on Bağdat Avenue in Istanbul; Les Benjamins = Istanbul-based fashion brand; Benji = its founder/designer. POST 2119450489561731567: NOCLAIM This is an opinion/prediction about AI-agent product design and ordering from China, not a discrete factual claim to verify. NAMES: @levelsio = Pieter Levels, indie founder/maker behind Nomad List and Photo AI.\nSource: [jfeed.com](https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/to6xwo) NAMES: Charlie Kirk = conservative activist/media figure; Dave Chappelle = comedian; Elon Musk = CEO of Tes (https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2119450646143537211)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Dave Chappelle did make the “I feel better” joke about Charlie Kirk's murder during Madison Square Garden shows, and Kirk had previously defended Chappelle after the 2022 stage attack. Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University; Tyler Robinson has been charged. A promotional visit post from Tim Cook, not a fact-checkable claim. NAMES: Tim Cook = Apple CEO; Apple Bağdat Caddesi = Apple store on Bağdat Avenue in Istanbul; Les Benjamins = Istanbul-based fashion brand; Benji = its founder/designer. POST 2119450489561731567: NOCLAIM This is an opinion/prediction about AI-agent product design and ordering from China, not a discrete factual claim to verify. NAMES: @levelsio = Pieter Levels, indie founder/maker behind Nomad List and Photo AI.","sourceName":"[jfeed.com](https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/to6xwo) NAMES: Charlie Kirk = conservative activist/media figure; Dave Chappelle = comedian; Elon Musk = CEO of Tes","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2119450646143537211","claim":"Shame, shame, shame on Chappelle https://t.co/UBsY1txWWD","author":"Elon Musk (@elonmusk)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2119450646143537211","name":"[jfeed.com](https://www.jfeed.com/news-world/to6xwo) NAMES: Charlie Kirk = conservative activist/media figure; Dave Chappelle = comedian; Elon Musk = CEO of Tes","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Elon Musk (@elonmusk)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794155154156-tech-segment-musk-shames-chappelle-over-kirk-joke","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794155154156-tech-segment-musk-shames-chappelle-over-kirk-joke","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794155154156-tech-segment-musk-shames-chappelle-over-kirk-joke and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"Elon Musk posted three words on X this morning: 'Shame, shame, shame on Chappelle.'"},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's about Dave Chappelle's Madison Square Garden show."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Chappelle told the crowd he 'feels better' since Charlie Kirk was shot and killed."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Kirk was killed in September while speaking at Utah Valley University. Tyler Robinson has been charged."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And Benny Johnson's post laid out why Elon is angry."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Kirk defended Chappelle after the 2022 stage attack. Now Chappelle jokes about his killing?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Dark comedy is Chappelle's whole lane. He pushes until the audience flinches."},{"host":"Chris","text":"There's dark, and then there's dancing on someone's grave. This was personal."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Was it political? Kirk was a conservative activist, and Chappelle clearly wasn't a fan."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's not relief, that's cruelty. Elon calling it out is fair."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Elon's history with Chappelle is messy. In 2022, Musk was booed when Chappelle brought him on stage in San Francisco."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So old friction is in the mix? Fine. Still doesn't make the joke okay."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm not saying it's okay. I'm saying comedians test where the line is, and audiences decide."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And this time a lot of the audience is saying no. That's the market working."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"A billionaire amplifying a pile-on doesn't make it a debate."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Not a pile-on. Three words. He's allowed an opinion."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Allowed, sure. Useful? Questionable."},{"host":"Chris","text":"If you mock a murdered man who defended you, expect people with platforms to push back."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Then let's not call it free speech. It's a taste fight."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I'll give you that—it's a taste fight, not a censorship fight."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Exactly. And taste fights are messier. Chappelle hasn't responded yet."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Different world entirely: Prasenjit Sarkar posted on X that Raindrop closed a Series A led by CRV."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That takes total funding to fifty million dollars, and the pitch is a flight simulator for your AI agent before it reaches customers."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's smart. You test code before shipping; why not test agents?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Because an agent isn't a plane. The failures are in messy real-world data, not simulated checklists."},{"host":"Chris","text":"No, wait—that's the point. You run it against simulated customers and edge cases before it touches a real user."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And who writes the simulator? The same startup. Simulation only catches what you already thought to test."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So better to let a half-baked agent loose on customers? That's a terrible argument."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm not saying no testing. I'm saying fifty million for a sandbox is rich until we see a real deployment at scale."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The round's reported, not officially filed yet, so we'll see. But I like the instinct."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fine. The instinct is right, the valuation is the question."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Pieter Levels posted a blunt reality check on X: 'Not local at all.'"},{"host":"Chris","text":"About AI designing products? Let me guess—he says it's ordered from China."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Exactly. Your AI agent designs it with you from a mood board, then it's ordered from China."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So much for the local makerspace revolution."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"He's saying high-mix local assembly is a fantasy before it's a supply chain. China still wins on cost."},{"host":"Chris","text":"For now. But if AI makes custom design easy, local assembly could be the last mile."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The last mile is the expensive, hard mile. That's not a small caveat."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fair. But someone's going to figure out local micro-factories eventually."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Eventually. Pieter Levels is betting today it's still a China story."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Magnus Grimeland at Antler posted on X that where you work first can more than double your odds of raising a Series A."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Let me guess—it's not Google or McKinsey."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Antler says its data from over 51,000 European startups points to something else."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"He didn't say what in the post, just teased the result. And since it's Antler's own data, it's a claim until the methodology is public."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Still, if true, it matters more than your university."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Treat it as marketing until the full dataset drops."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I hate that you're right, but I want to see the list."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Me too. That's the actual useful part."}]}