Comedian Dave Chappelle has controversially weighed in on Hollywood's sexual misconduct crisis in his new Netflix special, calling the allegations against friend Louis CK "funny".

"I shouldn't say this but f--- it, Louis's allegations were the only ones that made me laugh," he says in his special The Bird Revelation, released on Sunday.

"I know it's terrible, I'm sorry ladies... At the same time, Jesus Christ, I don't know, they took everything from Louis, it might be disproportionate, I can't tell."

A New York Times expose published in November saw five women accuse CK of sexual misconduct, including exposing himself and masturbating in front of them.