“To the transgender community, I am more than willing to give you an audience, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody’s demands.”

This is what happens when you see yourself as the leader of a genre — comedy — during a time in which most of your colleagues feel like they’re the only ones that shouldn’t be required to evolve.

To us, you’re a contrarian with a flawed and outdated cause. To them, you’re an easily manipulated pawn.

(This is the part where I remind you that even Eddie Murphy said he cringes at some of his old jokes. “I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe I said that,” Murphy revealed in 2019.)