Dave Chapelle says SNL writers were in tears after Trump's 2016 win

Comedian Dave Chappelle said in a new interview posted Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s election win in 2016 emotionally broke the writers for NBC’s "Saturday Night Live."

Chappelle sat down with fellow comedian Mo Amer as part of Variety’s "Actors on Actors" program, where they discussed Chappelle hosting the long-running series the weekend after Trump’s shocking first victory.

"Man, when they called Donald Trump the winner, that s--- shut the writers’ room down. You should have seen them in there," Chappelle said.