HBO: We didn't film Dave Chappelle's Austin stand-up and don't have plans for a special

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - SEPTEMBER 20: Dave Chappelle performs as part of the The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre on September 20, 2013 in Mountain View, California. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - SEPTEMBER 20: Dave Chappelle performs as part of the The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre on September 20, 2013 in Mountain View, California. Photo: Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Photo: Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Image 1 of / 26 Caption Close HBO: We didn't film Dave Chappelle's Austin stand-up and don't have plans for a special 1 / 26 Back to Gallery

A widely cited report claiming that Dave Chappelle filmed a stand-up special for HBO in Austin over the weekend was music to many comedy fans' ears.

After all, the comedic genius hasn't released a special since 2005 and has been on and off of a performing hiatus.

But, unfortunately, HBO says they didn't film the April 2 performance at ACL Live at the Moody Theater and have no plans to broadcast a Chappelle special.

Cecile Cross-Plummer, vice president of media relations for the premium cable network, said in a phone interview on Tuesday that the report from ComedyHype.com, which was shared thousands of times on social media and cited by more than a dozen other outlets including Vibe, is an unfounded rumor.

"We did not film any Chappelle comedy special," she said, adding that she has no knowledge of HBO working with the comic on a future special.

Cross-Plummer added that she has received lots of calls from reporters asking about the special but doesn't have a clue how the rumor got started.

"We read it online the same as you," she said.

The report, which Comedy Hype labels as an "exclusive," doesn't name a source for the claim:

"Over the weekend we discovered that during (Chappelle's) recent shows at Austin’s ACL Live in Texas, Chappelle taped his newest set of material for fans. Sources have revealed that the ‘untitled’ special will be premiering on HBO. A date when it will air has not yet been confirmed..."

For comedy's sake, let's hope HBO changes their mind, or Chappelle releases his own special. In the meantime, fans can catch him on his current tour.

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