Dave Chappelle allegedly received a $24.1 million paycheck for his Netflix comedy special, The Closer. The big payday was once much more than Netflix paid for its wreck hit Squid Game. An worker leaked the ideas because the streaming provider continues to stand backlash over remarks made by Chappelle.
Chappelle, 48, has received numerous accolades, and many imagine him to be one of the crucial biggest comedians of all time.
"Dave, in my opinion, you're the GOAT. In my opinion, your last special has allowed you to surpass the Richard Pryor," Kevin Hart mentioned of Chappelle on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Apparently, the GOAT doesn't come cheap.
An worker leaked financial data to Bloomberg, which is reporting that Netflix spent $24.1 million on The Closer, relatively greater than the $23.6 million it paid for Chappelle's 2019 special, Sticks & Stones. By comparison, the streaming service spent $3.9 million for Inside, Bo Burnham's recent hour-and-a-half special.
Netflix paid just $21.4 million for the nine-episode collection Squid Game, which gave the corporate its biggest debut hit ever.
Among the leaked numbers were also viewership stats for the special. The stats printed why Netflix might be so prepared to open their wallet to the comic; 10 million other people have already tuned in to the special.
The Closer has created inside tensions at Netflix. Employees have publicly criticized the special and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos for giving Chappelle a platform for his controversial comedy.
Sarandos has defended the special in a staff memo, saying the corporate helps 'creative freedom' from its talent. Additionally, he has stated that despite the fact that some other folks may to find standup comedy to be 'mean-spirited' however the contributors enjoyed it, and it's an important a part of their content material providing.
The company was once fast to retaliate against the suspected leaker. Netflix introduced that they had completed an internal evaluate, and just one employee had accessed the guidelines. The company terminated that employee.
"We have let go of an employee for sharing confidential, commercially sensitive information outside the company," the corporate mentioned in a observation. "We understand this employee may have been motivated by disappointment and hurt with Netflix but maintaining a culture of trust and transparency is core to our company."
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Sources: Forbes, New York Post
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