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Why Does Dave Chappelle Get to Smoke on Stage?

If you’re one of the 28.3 million Americans who still smoke cigarettes, you know the drill at your local comedy club. If you get the urge to light up a heater before, during or after a set, your only option is to sneak outside and smoke in a nearby alleyway. It’s illegal to light up inside, for Pete’s sake! But if that’s the case -- if no one is allowed to drag on a Marlboro at your local Chuckle Shack or Giggle Hut -- why is it that comic Dave Chappelle is always smoking during his sets? Whether he’s hosting Saturday Night Live or recording his latest Netflix special, Chappelle is smoking. The only time he can’t smoke in the club, it seems, is when he goes to the strip club.

James Corden Is Still “The Biggest Dickhead Celebrity” That Mel B Has Ever Met

What Scary Spice wants, what she really really wants, is for James Corden to square up.

There was, perhaps, no more telling indication that both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have similar feelings towards the former Late Late Show host than when, in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, both U.K. and American soccer fans on the internet agreed that whichever country lost the matchup between the two national teams would have to keep Corden. The match ended in a draw, and, as such, Corden remained in the United States for a few more months before moving to London, thus splitting his time in 2023 between the two countries and ensuring that everyone lost.

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