DETROIT -- Remember two years ago when comedian Dave Chappelle was booed during an evening performance at the Filmore in Detroit and accused of being drunk on stage?

Well, we finally have an answer about what happened that night. Chappelle says he wasn't drunk, but he was high from smoking marijuana.

In the first of his two new stand-up comedy specials released on Netflix Tuesday, Chappelle addressed that evening in one of his first jokes of the special.

"If you saw it, I wasn't drunk. I had smoked some reefer with some rappers," Chappelle said of the performance on April 23, 2015. "I don't know if you know anything about hanging out with rappers, but their weed is very strong. Stronger than I was accustomed to."

It's hard to know which parts of the routine are embellished for the sake of the jokes, but Chappelle appears to be very forthcoming about what happened during the performance.

Chappelle goes on to admit the show did not go as well as planned and some people demanded their money back. Chappelle also referenced a TMZ article about the performance.

"The article goes on to say I was booed off stage, which is also incorrect," Chappelle said. "I was booed. I did not leave. It was a long bomb."

On not leaving the stage while being booed, Chappelle said he heard the crowd asking for their money back, but jokes about that not happening.

"I'm like Evil Knievel, I get paid for the attempt. I didn't promise this (expletive) would be good," Chappelle jokes.

He did perform two sets the following night, April 24, 2015. During the first set that night he told the crowd that he understood some people wanted their money back from the night before, but joked that he had already spent their money.

Chappelle's new specials "The Age of Spin" and "Deep in the Heart of Texas" are now available to watch on Netflix.