Nasty notes left for Trump staffers came from celebs, not Obama aides, Dave Chappelle says
By Gabrielle Fonrouge
April 7, 2021 | 2:05pm | Updated
When former President Donald Trump first moved into the White House in January 2017, his staffers said they found nasty notes stuffed into the drawers and cabinets — a claim President Barack Obama’s aides fiercely denied.
But comedian Dave Chappelle now says the notes did exist — but were penned by a group of unnamed, mischievous celebrities during a goodbye bash for the departing administration.
“Remember when the Trump administration moved in, they said the Obama staff left dirty notes for us in all the drawers and all the cabinets?†Chappelle said on a new episode of Naomi Campbell’s “No Filter†YouTube series published Tuesday.
“I saw this happening. I’m not going to say who did it,†he went on.
“But it was celebrities, writing all this crazy s–t and putting them all over there. I saw them doing it, so when I saw it on the news, I laughed real hard.â€
Chappelle said the notes were left during one of the last White House shindigs thrown by the Obama family before they moved out at the start of Trump’s term.
In 2019, former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the missives included biting remarks like “You will fail†and “You aren’t going to make it.â€
An ex-aide said at the time, “It was a mess that first week.â€
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