Last month, comedy legend Dave Chappelle delivered a more than 15-minute monologue on Saturday Night Live, as he has done in the past, including the first time Donald Trump was elected president.

Just a month removed from his recent Saturday Night Live appearance, where he delivered an over 15-minute monologue, Dave Chappelle said he was forbidden by the late-night show’s producers from speaking on two topics.

Dave Chappelle recently told a stand-up audience in San Francisco that "Saturday Night Live" producers did not want him to talk about Gaza or transgender people in his opening monologue when he hosted the show in January.

During a recent show in San Francisco, comedian Dave Chappelle, who hosted Saturday Night Live for the fourth time last month, revealed that the creative forces behind the sketch comedy series had forbidden him from speaking about two topics: Gaza and transgender people.

However, Chappelle subtly referenced Palestine in his 15-minute monologue recorded on January 18, despite the directive. Although he was clearly instructed not to mention Gaza, Chappelle managed to slip in a reference to Palestine during his monologue.

Still, despite being a well-known name-dropper, he didn’t get where he is today by kowtowing to celebrity at every opportunity. The Vulture profile also includes an anecdote about SNL inviting Taylor Swift to be in a sketch comparing her infamous “girl squad” to an apocalyptic cult. The story goes: