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Dave Chappelle has leveraged his relationship with Netflix to get 'Chappelle's Show' removed from the streamer.

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00:00And when I found out they were streaming Chappelle's Show, I was furious.

00:05How could they not know?

00:08So you know what I did?

00:09Netflix has removed Chappelle's Show from their platform at Dave Chappelle's request.

00:14In a video from a recent stand-up set Chappelle posted on Instagram Tuesday,

00:18the comedian opened up about what he says was a terrible contract he signed at the outset of Chappelle's Show,

00:23which ran from 2003 to 2006 on Comedy Central.

00:27People think I made a lot of money for Chappelle's Show.

00:30When I left that show, I never got paid.

00:34They didn't have to pay me because I signed the contract.

00:39Chappelle's Show had been streaming on Netflix in the United States since November 1st.

00:43It also streams via Viacom's CBS Properties, Comedy Central, and CBS All Access,

00:48and HBO Max, which recently licensed the show.

00:51I found out that these people were streaming my work,

00:55and they never had to ask me or they never had to tell me.

00:59Chappelle, who has made several specials for Netflix over the past few years,

01:02said he was furious when he found out the platform he's worked with was streaming the show.

01:06I called them and I told them that this makes me feel bad.

01:11And do you want to know what they did?

01:13They agreed that they would take it off their platform just so I could feel better.

01:20Netflix reps confirmed this to The Hollywood Reporter.

01:23Chappelle also appealed to the audience not to watch the show anymore.

01:27I'm not asking to boycott any network.

01:29Boycott me.

01:31Boycott Chappelle's Show.

01:32Do not watch it unless they pay me.

01:35For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:37For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.