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Sounds like you haven't heard of the "Dave Chappelle was murdered & cloned" conspiracy theory. I recommend going down that rabbit hole.
According to this theory, the last time the real DC was ever seen was on the Oprah Winfrey Show a couple decades ago. Around that time the entertainment industry moguls were dangling a multi-million dollar offer in front of him but he saw right through it & saw the manipulative corruption in the stipulations proposed in the contract and he declined the offer.
He left on a solo vacation to Africa to escape the public eye & clear his mind, and when he came back he allegedly quietly went back to revisit the multi-million dollar offer but still wouldn't conform with their demands so they took him down to an underground cloning lab, created their idea of the ideal Dave Chappelle who would appease both audience & industry, and the original DC was murdered.
The DC we see now has a deeper voice, ripped huge muscular body, makes less controversial comedy, while still captivating audiences* & bringing in revenue for the entertainment industry moguls which is all they want him for.
*His most intelligent discerning fans know this isn't the real DC, and those closest to him, friends & family & close colleagues, have repeatedly reported that the current DC is NOT the same person they used to know. Literally a completely different person.
The most sane and reasonable explanation, yes.