— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) March 6, 2021 Chapelle, one of the nation’s premier jokesters, admitted that he used to watch Pepé Le Pew as a child and found him funny and endearing.

“Some wild sh*t! Like, I was with my nephew, sitting there watching Pepe Le Pew, and I said, ‘Now, pay attention to this guy because he’s funny. I used to watch him when I was little.’ ...

Pepe Le Pew has been under fire. In the cartoons, Pepé is seen aggressively pursuing Penelope Pussycat, who Pepé mistook for a female skunk.

The Pepe Le Pew debate is not entirely new. Comedian Dave Chappelle called Le Pew a rapist in 2000 in his first HBO special, Killin' Them Softly. 'They use the TV to program us from a young age.

Just want to point out that in the new Space Jam, that Pepe Le Pew was cancelled and left out of the film, but @wbpictures did include the Droogs who literally rape a woman in Clockwork Orange ...

Johnny Oleksinski Published March 8, 2021 Updated March 8, 2021, 7:36 p.m. ET Pepé Le Pew ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection ...

The character Pepe Le Pew is known for strolling around Paris in the springtime when everyone’s thoughts are of love, and he’s always on the lookout for “l’amour” of his own.