Among the many accusations leveled at the Obama administration by Donald Trumpâs people when they first moved into the White House in 2019 was the tale that outgoing staffers had left morale-wounding notes such as âYou will failâ and âYou arenât going to make itâ to welcome them. Although Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham walked back the allegations almost as soon as they were made, Dave Chappelle has come forward to set the record straight.
On Tuesdayâs episode of Naomi Campbellâs YouTube show No Filter, the comedian revealed that the notes actually did existâdespite blanket denials by Team Obama members at the timeâbut the culprits were celebrity guests of the First Couple.
According to Chappelle, he personally witnessed the letter-writing hijinks while attending âone of the last big parties the Obamas threw.â
âRemember when the Trump administration moved in?â Chappelle asked. âThey said âthe Obama staff left dirty notes for us in all the drawers and all the cabinets.â Now, I saw this happening. Iâm not going to say who did it. But it was celebrities, writing all this crazy shit and putting them all over there. And I saw them doing it, so when I saw it on the news I laughed real hard.â
Chappelle also recalled how well the Secret Service treated him. When he made the âno-noâ of forgetting his ID to enter the White House, they let him in, saying, âWe know who you are.â
As Chappelle left the party, a Secret Service member bid him, âSee you next time,â to which he replied, âYep. See you next Black President.â
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