Comedian Dave Chappelle said Monday night that he declined to have a theater at his Washington, D.C., high school named after him amid controversy over jokes about transgender people in his latest stand-up show, according to reports. .

The Duke Ellington School of the Arts had planned a dedication ceremony Monday honoring Chappelle and his "ongoing commitment and service to the school and advocacy for the arts.".

Dave Chappelle arrives at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington to accept the 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Chappelle, who attended the ceremony, said he was "sincerely hurt" by backlash from students to his controversial Netflix special "The Closer" when he visited his alma mater in November.

Dave Chappelle graduated from Washington D.C.'s Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 1991. 

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Comedian Dave Chappelle performs at Radio City Music Hall on June 19, 2014, in New York City