Bill Maher offers 'open letter' to pop star Chappelle Rone on Israel: 'You don't know much about history'

HBO host Bill Maher offered an “open letter” to Gen Z It Girl and pop star Chappelle Rone on Friday for her recent anti-Israel remarks on social media.

The “Real Time” host addressed Rowan, who is openly gay, directly during his show's “New Testament” segment, accusing him of being ignorant of Israel's history and telling the star he would be in harm's way in Gaza.

“Chappell, if you think it was oppressive growing up in the Midwest, try the Middle East,” Maher said.

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Rowan, who recently posted “Good luck, babe!” Burst into the pop mainstream with songs like this and “Hot to Go!”, specifically calling on the United States and the Democratic Party to support Israel's war against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza following the October 7 massacre in Israel.

He told Rolling Stone in September that he refused to perform at this year's White House Pride celebration to protest the Biden administration's support for the war, and ripped the Democratic Party for its “genocide” stance in a TikTok video from several weeks ago. The Palestinians.

“But f— something in the Democratic Party— that's gone down that has failed people like me and you and more so the Palestinians,” he said, although he indicated he would still vote for Vice President Kamala. Harris as the only alternative to former President Trump.

Maher had some praise for Rowan on Friday, noting that he said, “I think it's important for me to question myself, my algorithm, to question [that] Is it even true that someone who tweeted something about something else?” jokes a delighted Maher, “Spread it, well friend, spread it!”

However, he accused him and the rest of Gen Z of getting their anti-Israel talking points from TikTok propaganda.

“Now first of all, it's not your fault you don't know much about history. You live in the US where schools stopped doing the whole education thing a while ago. But getting all your history from TikTok is like getting all your calories from Hostess.”

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Pro-Palestinian protesters protest the Israel-Hamas war at the University of Wisconsin Library Mall on April 29, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty Images)

He continued, “I know you're moved by what you see there. We all are. Dead Palestinian bodies. But it's strange that your generation wasn't as moved by the dead bodies of Jews on October 7.”

He then quipped, “You killed at Coachella this year, but when Hamas kills at a music festival, that's a whole other story. Doesn't the rape of so many young women at a music festival make it a little personal?”

“My guess is that Gen Z's heart is hardened by the propaganda you see on TikTok, which likes to call Jews colonizers,” the comedian added.

He then gives a brief history lesson, noting how Jews lived in the Holy Land for thousands of years before it became an official country, and pointing out that they were there even before Islam existed, and even before various Arab nations claimed the country. destruction

Maher then mentions some of Rowan's LGBTQ lyrics and tells him that they could kill him among the people he's so passionate about defending.

“You're a female drag queen, and you sing, 'I f—- you in the bathroom when we went to dinner, your parents at the table'. Yeah, that wouldn't fly in Gaza, even though you'd be straight off the roof.”

Wrapping up the monologue, she told the pop star, “Chappelle, you're not wrong that oppression is bad or that the Palestinians and many other Muslim populations are oppressed and deserve to be freed. Who's doing the oppressing.”

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