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.

Rowan, who recently posted “Good luck, babe!” Exploded into the pop mainstream with songs like “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 the f— something — that has gone down in the Democratic Party has failed people like me and you, and more so Palestine,” he said, although he indicated he would still vote for Vice President Kamala Harris because she was 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 true that some people tweet something about something else? A delighted Maher quipped, “Propagate, strange friend, propagate!”

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 that you don't know much about history. You live in the US where schools stopped the whole teaching thing a while ago. But getting all your history from TikTok is like getting all your calories from Hostess.”

He continued, “I know you were inspired by what you saw there. All of us. Dead Palestinian bodies. But it's surprising that your generation didn't seem nearly as moved by the Jewish body on October 7.

He then quipped, “You killed at Coachella this year, but when Hamas kills at a music festival, it's different. Doesn't the rape scene of so many young women at a music festival get a little personal?

“My guess is that Gen Z's heart is hardened by the propaganda you see on TikTok, who like 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, it won't fly in Gaza, even though you'll 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 Palestinians and many other Muslim communities are oppressed and deserve to be freed. Who is oppressing is totally up to you.”