During his set at the Masonic in San Francisco, comedian Dave Chappelle told the crowd that the team at "Saturday Night Live" forbid him from speaking about two topics when he hosted the show on January 18: Gaza and transgender people.

Just a month removed from his recent Saturday Night Live appearance, where he delivered an over 15-minute monologue, Dave Chappelle said he was forbidden by the late-night show’s producers from speaking on two topics.

During a recent show in San Francisco, comedian Dave Chappelle, who hosted Saturday Night Live for the fourth time last month, revealed that the creative forces behind the sketch comedy series had forbidden him from speaking about two topics: Gaza and transgender people.

Comedian Dave Chappelle took the stage in San Francisco this week and shared that Saturday Night Live producers gave him two strict topics to avoid while hosting the show last month. "SNL producers told him he couldn't speak about two topics: transgender people and Gaza,

And, unfortunately, Dave Chappelle too. As a fan of SNL who watches Bowen Yang’s Titanic segment when I need a pick-me-up, I simply must ask: Why? For better or worse, SNL has shaped pop culture and the face of comedy for half a century.