What is the Chappelle Theory?

"A self-professed retired public relations executive claimed he had a reason and created the davechappelletheory.com site to pontificate about Chappelle’s sudden departure. According to the anonymous writer, an organization called the “Dark Crusaders,” consisting of Bill Cosby, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert L. Johnson, and even Oprah Winfrey, literally ran Chappelle out of town because they felt the show depicted and promoted a demeaning portrayal of stereotypical Black life.

According to the conspiracy, Cosby, who allegedly decided to bring Chappelle down after viewing just two episodes of the young comedian’s show, stood at the helm of the plot."
https://wolbbaltimore.com/1942220/conspiracy-theory-101-bill-cosby-oprah-winfrey-who-got-dave-chappelles-show-off-the-air/

"The site alleges that these people went out of their way to mess with Chappelle's bank account and to intimidate his family."

"while watching an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show, Chappelle recalled being completely stunned when Winfrey turned to the camera in the middle of interviewing Tom Cruise and said "Dave Chappelle, you should be ashamed of yourself for airing that Niggars sketch on your show this week, I'm going to make sure you never work in Hollywood again."

The image, allegedly taped by Winfrey, and transmitted to Chappelle's house under the direction of Robert L. Johnson who called in some favors with Chappelle's local affiliate station manager, terrified Chappelle."
https://www.thecouchsessions.com/articles/uncategorized/the-chappelle-theory

"the reason Dave Chappelle bowed out of his hugely popular show was because of immense pressure put on him by a cabal of influential black Americans called “The Dark Crusaders.” This nefarious group includes Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan amongst others."
https://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/the-dave-chappelle-conspiracy-theory/

"pages about the efforts of the "dark crusaders," a nefarious collection of prominent African-Americans (Al Sharpton! Louis Farrakhan! Bill Cosby! Oprah Winfrey! ...Whoopi Goldberg?) who were hell-bent on scaring Dave Chappelle into discontinuing Chappelle's Show."
https://gawker.com/143749/the-chappelle-theory

"according to a popular Internet conspiracy theory, Ms. Winfrey, along with Bill Cosby, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and others, employed those tactics and more to oust Dave Chappelle from his Comedy Central hit, “Chappelle’s Show,” because its “outrageous tone” was “setting race relations back 50 years.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/arts/television/22chap.html

"When he opened the door, all he found was a crudely wrapped package, with the inscription ‘For Chappelle’ on it.

Inside the package was a voodoo-doll style replica of Chappelle dressed as Clayton Bigsby — the African-American Klansman from his first show. The doll was riddled with safety pins, and had a noose tied sharply around his neck. Accompanying the doll was a message in a childlike scrawl that read, ‘What you’re doing is hurting the African-American community — it needs to stop.’"
https://newsone.com/2040616/black-urban-legends-dave-chappelle-show/

"One of the threats documented was a package left in Dave’s dressing room after a taping that included pictures of Malcolm X, The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac and Chappelle himself, with the words “YOU’RE NEXT” etched across the photo.

Another package included photos of Chappelle’s children sleeping with a large man who very closely resembled Al Sharpton standing next to the beds."
https://pittnews.com/article/30785/archives/chapelles-show-disappearance-provokes-theories/

"I opened my eyes to find one of the three men — that appeared in my bathroom days before — perched on top of my stomach, wielding a Colt 45 handgun with an enormous silencer. The other two men were holding me down. It seemed like my wife had been drugged, as she laid motionless but breathing next to me"
http://hongpong.com/hp-archives/2005/12/19/the_dave_chappelle_c.html