😱 “It Was Personal”: Dave Chappelle EXPOSES Why Katt Williams Targeted Wanda Smith—and the Backstage Drama That Fueled It 🎭👀

What began as a routine promotional interview for Katt Williams on V-103’s “Frank and Wanda in the Morning” quickly spiraled into one of the most vicious public roasts in recent memory.

As the cameras rolled, Williams turned his focus onto co-host Wanda Smith—and what followed was a masterclass in comedic brutality.

He didn’t just roast her.He decimated her.

Her wig.Her cooking.

Her husband.Her entire personality.

The Internet went wild.

But one person who stayed quiet in the chaos was Dave Chappelle—until now.

In a recent sit-down podcast appearance that’s already being called “the most revealing Chappelle moment in years,” the legendary comedian finally opened up about the infamous roast and dropped a bombshell: Katt Williams didn’t attack Wanda Smith out of nowhere.

He was provoked—and it was personal.

“He walked in that room already heated,” Chappelle revealed.

“You gotta understand—these guys, we live in the shadows of our egos.

Katt felt disrespected before the mic even turned on.

According to Chappelle, the real trigger happened off the air, moments before the segment started.

Multiple sources now confirm that Wanda allegedly made a sarcastic jab at Katt’s past legal troubles while joking with producers off-mic.

“She said something like, ‘You better keep this one short—before he ends up getting arrested again,’” Chappelle said.

“Katt heard it.And that was it.

That one comment lit a fuse.

Chappelle explains that for comedians, especially ones like Katt, who’ve had public breakdowns, humiliating mugshots, and courtroom drama, the line between playful banter and personal attack is razor-thin.

“You go after someone’s rep—especially in front of their peers—and you better be ready to take what comes next,” he said.“Wanda wasn’t.

And Katt, according to Chappelle, came in locked and loaded.

The moment the interview went live, there was a tension that even casual listeners could feel.

Wanda tried to poke fun at Katt’s hair.

“That’s all it took,” Chappelle said.

“She opened the gate, and he unleashed every insult he’d been collecting in his head for years.And he did.

Within seconds, Williams was comparing her to a baked potato, a gremlin, and critiquing her alleged inability to properly raise her children.

It wasn’t just a roast—it was surgical destruction.

Chappelle noted that this kind of exchange, while brutal, has always been part of the underground comedy code: if you throw shade, be ready for the clapback.

But the reason this particular moment exploded? Wanda wasn’t ready.

She lost control.She froze.

“She tried to play it cool,” Chappelle said, “but you could see it in her eyes.

She thought she was sparring with the 2018 Katt Williams.

But what she got was the hungry Katt—the one with something to prove.”

But Chappelle also revealed something that many didn’t know: Katt’s rage wasn’t just about Wanda—it was about the entire system of gatekeepers in Black radio who, in his view, belittle comics like him while propping up others.

Wanda, in that moment, became the face of that system.

“To Katt, she wasn’t just Wanda Smith,” Chappelle said.

“She was every host that ever laughed behind his back.

Every exec who said he was unstable.

Every ‘friend’ who didn’t return a call when he was down.

And then, just when it couldn’t get worse—Katt brought her husband into it.

“That wasn’t random either,” Chappelle explained.

“He knew she was sensitive about her personal life.

And in comedy, if you see an open wound, you either back off—or you go in.

Katt went all the way in.The fallout was swift.

Wanda’s reputation took a hit.

Her role on the radio show was diminished soon after.

The public began to view her less as a quick-witted comic, and more as a woman who got flattened in a ring she didn’t know she was in.

And then, in a bizarre post-show twist, Wanda’s husband reportedly confronted Katt outside the club a few nights later—with a gun.

Police reports confirmed that a weapon was brandished but no charges were filed.

Still, the message was clear: the roast may have ended on air, but the real tension was only just beginning.

When asked if Katt went too far, Chappelle hesitated.

“Maybe.

But we all knew what was happening.

That wasn’t just jokes.That was pain.That was retaliation.

That was a man saying, ‘You don’t get to laugh at me anymore.

And the final blow? According to Chappelle, Katt Williams had planned to keep it civil—until that backstage remark flipped the switch.

“He was smiling.Calm.Then boom—‘arrest’ joke.

That smile disappeared.

What you saw on-air? That was a man walking into battle.

”Today, the moment lives online in thousands of reposted clips, reaction videos, and think pieces.

But only now, with Chappelle’s inside perspective, do we see it for what it really was: a calculated, emotional purge disguised as comedy.

As Chappelle closed the interview, he offered one last reflection.

“Comedy is survival,” he said.

“Some of us heal with laughter.

Others use it as a weapon.

That day, Katt chose violence—and Wanda never saw it coming.