LOS ANGELES: Jon Stewart, a close friend and fellow comic of Dave Chappelle, has defended the latter's contentious but well-watched "Saturday Night Live monologue," which the Anti-Defamation League criticised for normalising anti-Semitic views.

Stewart refuted the notion that Chappelle "normalised anti-semitism" with his 15-minute remark on the most recent scandals involving Kanye West and Kyrie Irving during his appearance on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," according to Vanity Fair.

"I'm not sure if you've visited the comment sections of the majority of news items, but it's remarkably common. As you are aware, it is very natural "said Stewart. "But I will say this: I don't think that restriction and punishment are the best ways to stop anti-Semitism or prevent understanding. I disagree with that and think we should not address the issue in that manner." Stewart concurred with the comedian that "it shouldn't be this hard to talk about things," according to Vanity Fair. Stewart was in attendance at the Los Angeles comedy show when Chappelle was attacked onstage following his set in May.

He added the following: "Due to my opposition to Israel's treatment of Palestinians, I am accused of being anti-semitic. Depending on the different ideas I have, I get called different things by different individuals. How can we move forward, whether it be through comedy, debate, or anything else, if we lack the ability to confront one another with reality? If we all simply shut it down, we retire to our own isolated dens of false information, where it spreads. The entire purpose of this is to prevent it from spreading and to talk about it openly." In response, Colbert asserted that viewers "have the right to have a negative reaction to what people say onstage," even though "any comic has the right to say anything they want," Vanity Fair said.

He continued by saying that just because someone "saw a dissemination, even with a comic goal, of anti-semitic tropes, doesn't indicate the individual is an anti-Semite." As an alternative, Stewart suggested that individuals "play with clichés" and that comedians like Chappelle and himself "rely on those prejudices as a shorthand for our material." I know you don't like Jews, I see it in your eyes, he later jokingly informed Colbert. The host retorted, "Really just one of you," after pausing. In order to close the piece, Colbert repeated the opening lines of Chappelle's monologue: He said, "A contrast," "I simply wanted to say that I detest anti-Semitism in all of its manifestations and I stand with all of my friends in the Jewish community."

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