Dave Chappelle was tackled on stage by an viewers member Tuesday evening throughout his reside present on the Hollywood Bowl.
The comedian, 48, was performing as a part of the “Netflix Is A Joke” competition, when the mayhem unfolded round 10:45 pm, towards the tip of the stand-up present, in response to witnesses.
Surprising video footage exhibits Chappelle standing on stage as an viewers member prices and slams him to the bottom. Seconds later, the attacker was tackled to the bottom by safety. LAPD responded to the chaos and confirmed the attacker was arrested and brought to a neighborhood hospital for minor accidents.
Moments after the unprovoked deal with, comedy visitor Chris Rock got here on stage and gave Chappelle a hug, earlier than saying, “Was that Will Smith?”
Rock referred to the infamous Will Smith slap after making a joke about his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss.
Following the incident, Chappelle appeared to hold on with the present.
He later instructed the viewers: “I don’t know if that was a part of the present. I grabbed the again of that n–s head, his hair was spongy, absorbent.”
The attacker was later taken to hospital after sustaining accidents.
In a single Twitter video, the suspect is seen laying on a stretcher along with his elbow going through the opposite approach.
“A person charged and tackled” Chappelle simply because the present was ending, according to a tweet from Brianna Sacks, a BuzzFeed journalist who was on the present.
She stated safety “rushed and began punching and kicking the s– out of Chappelle’s attacker”.
In another video, Chappelle thanked Jamie Foxx for dashing in to assist him, saying, “Hear, I simply wish to say I’ve had an unbelievable time.”
“I’ve been doing this 35 years, I simply stomped a n–a backstage. All the time wished to do this,” he added.
After Foxx left the stage Chappelle instructed the group, “All people compose yourselves.”
Viewers member Jed Simon described the night as “excellent” earlier than the assault occurred, however famous that “venue safety was non-existent.”
“Appeared like Dave’s entourage, safety and crew handled the scenario,” he instructed The Put up. “Chappelle got here out and did an incredible set for about an hour. He was nearly to deliver out a musical act when some random man in entrance of us within the viewers climbed the stage and tackled Dave. It was surreal.”
“It was all surreal. Elon Musk walked by with Man Oseary proper earlier than it went down. Then Jamie Foxx ran up there. The group was simply shocked. When Dave got here again to the mic he stored saying ‘get that man off the stage’ as a result of the attacker was nonetheless on the stage being held down by 20 folks.”
“He tried to flee out the again of the stage and a few of the crew tackled him (and about 20 folks began beating him). To Dave’s credit score, he actually took a jarring second and located some levity,” Simon added.
“Dave dealt with the entire thing like a professional. Simply one more reason why he’s the GOAT.”
One viewers member, Jayvee Vincent, instructed The Put up the group thought it was a part of the present.
“Whereas watching the tip of the present Dave had the mic and as he’s introducing his favourite band to come back on stage and carry out, some random individual charged at him like a soccer participant and tackled him on stage,” he instructed The Put up.
British comic Jimmy Carr rushed to Twitter after the present ended to share a selfie with Chappelle. The comedian described the stand-up present as “loopy” after witnessing the assault himself.
“The Hollywood Bowl present with the legendary Dave Chappelle was loopy. Simply joyful everybody’s okay,” he wrote alongside the picture.
One other viewers member, Geoff Witt, instructed The Put up there was “shock and anger” in the direction of the attacker.
“It was only a dumb individual attempting to do one thing silly,” he instructed The Put up. “He in some way received by the preliminary safety.”
The comedian discovered himself in sizzling water final 12 months over his jokes about the trans community. He confronted vicious backlash after stoking the flames of controversy in his Netflix particular, “The Nearer,” which noticed tons of of the streaming service’s staff walk out in protest of the particular.
LAPD and Chappelle’s reps didn’t reply to The Put up’s request for remark.
