'I feel like Dave freed the slaves. Yeah, the comedians,' the 61-year-old actor told TMZ. 'We were slaves to PC culture and he just, you know as an artist he's van Gogh. He cut his ear off. He's trying to tell us it's ok.'
Speaking to TMZ, Wayans, best known for his role on "My Wife and Kids," compared Chappelle to the artist van Gogh.
"I feel like Dave freed the slaves. Yeah, the comedians," the 61-year-old actor told TMZ. "We were slaves to PC culture and he just, you know as an artist he's van Gogh. He cut his ear off. He's trying to tell us it's ok."Wayans continued: "I've always been free. I just think he's saying, 'You know what? All that I have, I'm not afraid to lose it for the sake of creative freeness of speech.' You can't edit yourself.
When asked about the content of the show, Wayans responded: "I can't speak about the content of the show. But what I say is, there's a bigger conversation we need to have. Someone needs to look us in the eye and go, 'You're no longer free in this country. You're not free to say what you want. You say what we want you to say. Otherwise, we will cancel you.' That's the discussion we should have.
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