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Comedy great Damon Wayans is speaking out on the ongoing public schism surrounding Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special "The Closer" and said he believes Chappelle is "a unicorn" for standing up to "PC culture.".

"I feel like Dave freed the slaves — the comedians," the "Major Payne" actor, 61, told TMZ of Chappelle’s controversial Netflix special during a brief exchange at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Monday.

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Dave Chappelle is being criticized by many in the LGBTQ+ community for comments he made about transgender people in his stand-up special, ‘The Closer.’.

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Surrounding the larger debate, a Netflix software engineer by the name of Terra Fied tweeted Wednesday about Chappelle’s latest effort and wrote that the comedian "attacks the trans community, and the very validity of transness.".

Comedy great Damon Wayans is speaking out on the ongoing public schism surrounding Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special, ‘The Closer.’.

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos reportedly defended Chappelle’s special in an email to employees and avowed that stand-up comedy is "an important part of [Netflix’s] content offering."