{"id":355524,"date":"2021-10-20T18:27:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T15:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/netflix-co-ceo-says-he-screwed-up-handling-chapelle-fallout\/"},"modified":"2021-10-20T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T15:27:18","slug":"netflix-co-ceo-says-he-screwed-up-handling-chapelle-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/netflix-co-ceo-says-he-screwed-up-handling-chapelle-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"#Netflix co-CEO says he \u2018screwed up\u2019 handling Chapelle fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Netflix co-CEO says he \u2018screwed up\u2019 handling Chapelle fallout<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos admitted that he \u201cscrewed up\u201d his response to the fallout from Dave Ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>elle\u2019s controversial comedy special, \u201cThe Closer\u201d \u2014 but he still stands behind the show.<\/p>\n<p>The stand-up special, released earlier this month, faced backlash over jokes and comments Chapelle, 48, made about transgender women.<\/p>\n<p>In it, the irreverent funnyman declared \u201cgender is a fact\u201d and identified himself as a \u201cTERF,\u201d or \u201ctrans-exclusionary radical feminist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show, Chapelle\u2019s sixth and final big-bucks deal with Netflix, was quickly blasted as \u201ctransphobic\u201d by critics \u2014 and sparked a planned employee walk-out.<\/p>\n<p>But in emails to Netflix staff earlier this month amid the backlash, Sarandos, who\u2019s also the company\u2019s chief content officer, said that the company would not take down the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I should have led with in those emails was humanity,\u201d Sarandos <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/netflix-co-ceo-says-he-screwed-up-when-defending-dave-chappelle-special-11634696007?mod=hp_lead_pos10\">told The Wall Street Journal<\/a> Tuesday evening. \u201cI should have recognized the fact that a group of our employees was really hurting.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Dave Chappelle: The Closer.\" class=\"wp-image-19862483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dave Chapelle\u2019s \u201cThe Closer\u201d was quickly blasted as \u201ctransphobic\u201d by critics.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mathieu Bitton\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the interview with the Journal, Sarandos also walked back his assertion that content doesn\u2019t cause real-world harm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, storytelling has an impact in the real world\u2026sometimes quite negative,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Sarandos stuck by his decision to stand behind Chapelle, instead acknowledging that he faltered in how he communicated his decision to employees. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ted Sarandos.\" class=\"wp-image-19862470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cI should have recognized the fact that a group of our employees was really hurting.\u201d Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos admitted.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephane Cardinale\/Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have articulated to our employees that there are going to be things you don\u2019t like,\u201d Sarandos said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are going to be things that you might feel are harmful. But we are trying to entertain a world with varying tastes and varying sensibilities and various beliefs, and I think this special was consistent with that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Standup comedy is \u201cdesigned to stir up emotions\u201d he said, adding that \u201csometimes inclusion and artistic expression bump into each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A billboard for the Dave Chappelle Netflix special.\" class=\"wp-image-19862490\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos0.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Ted Sarandos has stuck by his decision to stand behind Dave Chapelle and keep the special on Netflix.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robyn Beck\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, a transgender-employee group at Netflix is encouraging all workers to take Wednesday off in protest against Netflix\u2019s handling of the fallout from the Chapelle special.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Netflix suspended a trans senior software engineer, Terra Field, who slammed Chappelle for his humor about trans people in a viral\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RainofTerra\/status\/1445914236668895236\">Twitter thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company later said that Field was suspended not for the tweets but instead for barging in on an executives-only meeting, along with two others.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Dave Chappelle: The Closer.\" class=\"wp-image-19862523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A transgender-employee group at Netflix is encouraging all workers to take Wednesday off in protest against Netflix\u2019s handling of the fallout from the Dave Chapelle special.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mathieu Bitton\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Field has\u00a0since been reinstated\u00a0\u201cafter finding there was no ill-intent\u201d in her attendance,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RainofTerra\/status\/1448097310026747908\">she posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the mounting controversy, \u201cThe Closer\u201d is currently in the top 10 most popular Netflix shows in the US, and it was as high as No. 3 earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the comedy special featured Chapelle\u2019s recounting of his friendship with late trans co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n Daphne Dorman, whose family described Chapelle as an \u201cLGBTQ ally.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The stand-up special, released earlier this month, faced backlash over jokes and comments Chapelle, 48, made&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chapelle_ted-sarandos-Preview-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[117760,117785,1377,70290],"class_list":["post-355524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-10-20-21","tag-dave-chapelle","tag-netflix","tag-transgender"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}