prior to this run of specials Chappelle hadn't been a lightning rod for cultural controversy for most of his career, unless I'm forgetting something prior to the weirdo trump election SNL

he was popular, he wasn't facing accusations of bigotry.

now maybe they should have seen it coming based on what was in his original special they bought, but you must know more people there than I do if you assumed they paid him for controversy

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at