--- description: Dave Chappelle hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend, making his debut on the late-night comedy show. Watch his stand-up monologue here title: Watch Dave Chappelle's 'Saturday Night Live' Monologue image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a2ffebffb7e796/6988ae428e060159714683dc/dave-chappelle-saturday-night-live.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Dave Chappelle's _Saturday Night Live_ Monologue  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2016 2:49 PM CUT  Jarobi White and Q-Tip of musical guest A Tribe Called Quest pose with host Dave Chappelle (center) on Nov. 10, 2016. Jarobi White and Q-Tip of musical guest A Tribe Called Quest pose with host Dave Chappelle (center) on Nov. 10, 2016.Rosalind O'Connor—NBC/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 13, 2016 2:49 PM CUT Dave Chappelle hosted _Saturday Night Live_ this weekend, [making his debut](http://time.com/4558784/dave-chappelle-snl-debut/?iid=sr-link9 "undefined") on the late-night comedy show with a powerful stand-up comedy routine. In his opening monologue on Saturday, Chappelle joked about the results of the presidential election and the [protests that have broken out](http://time.com/4568788/donald-trump-protester-shot-portland/ "undefined") in its wake. “I didn’t know Donald Trump was gonna win the election. I did suspect it. Seemed like [Hillary](http://fortune.com/2016/11/12/hillary-clinton-james-comey-blame/ "undefined") was doing well in the polls and yet, I know the whites. You guys aren’t as full of surprises as you used to be,” he said. “America’s done it, we’ve actually elected an internet troll as our president,” he later added. Watch Chappelle’s monologue above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4568988/dave-chappelle-snl-saturday-night-live-monologue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4568988/dave-chappelle-snl-saturday-night-live-monologue/"},"headline":"Watch Dave Chappelle's Saturday Night Live Monologue","datePublished":"2016-11-13T14:49:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:47:38.463Z","description":"\"We've actually elected an internet troll as our president\"","url":"https://time.com/4568988/dave-chappelle-snl-saturday-night-live-monologue/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a2ffebffb7e796/6988ae428e060159714683dc/dave-chappelle-saturday-night-live.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a2ffebffb7e796/6988ae428e060159714683dc/dave-chappelle-saturday-night-live.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","caption":"Saturday Night Live - Season 42","creditText":"Rosalind O'Connor—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4568988/dave-chappelle-snl-saturday-night-live-monologue/","name":"Watch Dave Chappelle's Saturday Night Live Monologue"}}]}] ```