Trace Lysette Jabs Back
After Dave Chappelle ‘Punches Down’ in The Dreamer, Trace Lysette Jabs Back On his new Netflix comedy special, The Dreamer, Dave Chappelle wades into familiar territory, making a handful of cracks about the trans community. He admits that he considered material about “handicapped” people instead, “but they’re not as organized as the gays, and I love punching down,” he jokes about his gleeful violation of one of comedy’s cardinal rules. The blows have been returned by Trace Lysette, among Hollywood’s highest-profile trans stars. The Monica actress went viral on TikTok by throwing shade at Chappelle’s fixation: “At this point, it’s giving client. I don’t know what doll hurt Dave Chappelle, I really don’t, but it’s giving disgruntled client. It’s giving angry trick,” she said, suggesting (in a satirical way) that he was somehow burned by a sex worker. In another clip, Lysette points out some alleged makeup mishaps from certain angles of The Dreamer. When Rambling Reporter caught up with Lysette at the BAFTA Tea, she told us the clips are her way of playing his game. …