Washington (CNN) Comedian Dave Chappelle said in an upcoming CNN interview, taped last week, that although he supports Kanye West, the rapper "shouldn't say all that s***" aligning himself with President Donald Trump.

In an interview with CNN's Van Jones and 2018 Democratic Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous, set to air at 7 p.m. ET Saturday, Jones asked Chappelle what he thought of West's recent statements against the Democratic Party.

"First of all, you know, Kanye's the artist, man," Chappelle said in the interview, which was taped before West's meeting with Trump at the White House on Thursday. "And he's a genius."

"I think the angle he's seeing things from is about the division that he sees. And -- and he's not inconsistent with what he's saying," Chappelle added, citing a previous instance of West reappropriating the Confederate flag.

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