{"id":887100,"date":"2026-01-22T20:27:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/dave-chappelle-announces-surprise-netflix-special-releasing-after-jake-paul-fight\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:27:47","slug":"dave-chappelle-announces-surprise-netflix-special-releasing-after-jake-paul-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/dave-chappelle-announces-surprise-netflix-special-releasing-after-jake-paul-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Chappelle Announces Surprise Netflix Special Releasing After Jake Paul Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/dave-chappelle\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dave-chappelle_1\" data-tag=\"dave-chappelle\">Dave Chappelle<\/a> is delivering a holiday treat for standup fans by surprise dropping a new <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix_1\" data-tag=\"netflix\">Netflix<\/a> special called \u201cThe Unstoppable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBefore the main event during the Dec. 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/jake-paul\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jake-paul_1\" data-tag=\"jake-paul\">Jake Paul<\/a> vs. Anthony Joshua fight night, Chappelle stopped by the livestream with a short clip to announce the news.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI wanted to shout out my hometown, Washington, D.C., and thank everybody that came out in October to support me at that show,\u201d Chappelle said in the video. \u201cI just want you to know that show will be streaming on Netflix tonight after the fight. My new special drops, and I hope you love it. Thank you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tChappelle has had a long professional relationship with Netflix. This upcoming program will be his eighth standup special with the streamer, following \u201cThe Age of Spin,\u201d \u201cDeep in the Heart of Texas,\u201d \u201cEquanimity,\u201d \u201cThe Bird Revelation,\u201d \u201cSticks &#038; Stones,\u201d \u201cThe Closer\u201d and \u201cThe Dreamer.\u201d Netflix also released a recorded speech the comedian gave at his alma mater, the Duke Ellington High School of Arts, titled \u201cWhat\u2019s in a Name?\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"1234758890\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tThe Paul vs. Joshua fight brought Netflix notables and other celebrities ringside in Miami, including Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria, director Benny Safdie, comedians Bert Kreischer and Matt Rife, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, singer Shaggy and more. In addition to the main event, earlier matches included Alycia Baumgardner defeating Leila Beaudoin, Anderson Silva defeating Tyron Woodley and Jahmal Harvey defeating Kevin Cervantes.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs for the fight itself? Joshua ended up the winner by knockout, with Paul lasting six rounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/dave-chappelle-new-netflix-special-jake-paul-fight-1236613312\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Chappelle is delivering a holiday treat for standup fans by surprise dropping a new Netflix special called \u201cThe Unstoppable.\u201d Before the main event during the Dec. 18 Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight night, Chappelle stopped by the livestream with a short clip to announce the news. \u201cI wanted to shout out my hometown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":887101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[551,463],"tags":[6410,10797],"class_list":{"0":"post-887100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-announces","8":"category-chappelle","9":"tag-announces","10":"tag-chappelle"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}