Dave Chappelle is Not Returning to ‘SNL’ to Host Post-Election Episode

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in November 2024 and has been updated for comprehensiveness in April 2025.

After Dave Chappelle hosted Saturday Night Live’s post-election episodes in 2016 and 2020, it seemed as if the tradition would carry on after the 2024 election, won by Donald Trump. However, that wasn't the case.

Instead of Chappelle hosting the post-election episode on November 9 it was fellow comedian Bill Burr. According to The Daily Beast, it’s unknown why Chappelle didn't return this time around.

In his monologue, Bur poked fun at women for consecutive election losses to Trump and the drawn out campaign trail. "Everybody knew who they were voting for 4 years ago and then they just drag you through a year and a half of this stuff... Like, who was sitting there watching the debate, still not decidied? Two of the most polar opposite people ever."

Chappelle memorably hosted SNLin 2016 after Trump won that year’s election. During his opening monologue, he shared that he didn’t know Trump was going to win.

“I did suspect it,” he went on to say. “It seemed like Hillary was doing well in the polls and yet — I know the whites. You guys aren’t as full of surprises as you used to be.”

He then concluded the opening with, "I’m wishing Donald Trump luck. And I’m going to give him a chance, and we, the historically disenfranchised, demand that he give us one too” — something he’d end up apologizing for the following year. “I was the first guy on TV to say, ‘Give Trump a chance.’ I f**ked up. I’m sorry,” he said at a Robin Hood benefit.