The comedian, 48, was performing on the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Tuesday night as a part of the Netflix Is A Joke pageant, when the incident occurred in the direction of the tip of the stand-up present.
Movies circulating on social media present Chappelle standing on stage as a person out of the blue rushes him from the facet, earlier than comic and actor Jamie Foxx ran onto stage to assist the star.
One other clip allegedly exhibits the person being detained by safety guards on the venue. He was later loaded into an ambulance and brought to hospital with a dislocated arm.
Chapppelle continued with the present and later instructed the viewers: ‘I don’t know if that was a part of the present or… I grabbed the again of that n****s head, his hair was spongy, absorbant.’
He then thanked Foxx for dashing in to assist him, saying: ‘Pay attention, I simply wish to say I’ve had an unimaginable time. This man is a genius, we’ve obtained to guard him always, man. That is what it’s about.
‘For each comic that comes out right here, this implies the whole lot. You’re a genius, you’re a legend, I loved myself totally and we’re not gonna let nothing occur to you.’
He added: ‘I’ve been doing this 35 years, I simply stomped a n***a backstage. At all times needed to try this.’
Foxx chimed in: ‘I’m again there squeezing that n***a too.’
‘I see Busta Rhymes over there saying, “that’s the way you do it, dawg”,’ Chappelle joked.
In one other clip, Chappelle was heard joking about his attacker: ‘It was a trans man.’
A spokesperson for the Hollywood Bowl addressed the incident and stated: ‘The incident that occurred on the Hollywood Bowl on Could 3 2022 is an energetic investigation and we're unable to remark additional presently.’
Sharon Carpenter, a Los Angeles-based journalist who attended the present, instructed PA that the attacker ‘lunged’ on the comic, sending him ‘flying within the air’.
She defined: ‘It appeared like somebody was dashing throughout the stage from the facet. It was a little bit laborious to see as a result of individuals had been standing up at that time and leaving. Nevertheless it appeared like somebody dashed from the facet of the stage, lunged at Dave, and all I noticed was Dave mainly flying within the air.
‘He fell backwards on to his again, along with his legs and arms up within the air. He was clearly in shock. We had been all in shock. And I believed for a second “OK, is that this a prank?” as a result of they'd made some Will Smith jokes. Though Chris Rock was there, Dave was making some jokes, it was honest recreation, proper? He was making some jokes concerning the state of affairs.’
Among the many first to tweet concerning the incident was musician E5quire, who wrote: ‘#DaveChappelle simply obtained attacked on stage at #HollywoodBowl whereas making jokes. I’ve formally seen all of it.’
One other visitor watching the present stay stated: ‘I’m at this Dave Chappelle live performance and inform me why some man ran up in stage and tackled him.’
One eyewitness tweeted: ‘Simply noticed somebody sort out Dave Chappelle on stage on the Hollywood Bowl then the man obtained jumped.’
‘Dave Chappelle was simply assaulted on stage at his Hollywood Bowl present. He was ending up his efficiency when a person ran on-stage and lunged at him knocking him to the ground. Safety & his entourage then cornered the person as Dave joked about how him getting “stomped” backstage,’ one other revealed.
British comic Jimmy Carr attended Chappelle’s present and shared a selfie of him with the star, together with effectively needs.
‘The Hollywood Bowl present with the legendary Dave Chappelle was loopy. Simply pleased everybody’s okay,’ he wrote.
The Netflix Is A Joke pageant started on April 28 and options stay exhibits from the likes of Seth Rogen, Arsenio Corridor, Snoop Dogg, Invoice Burr, and Pete Davidson who carried out his first stand-up present in three years on Friday.
It’s been a tense time for stand-up comedians, with many expressing their concern over being attacked for telling offensive jokes, ever since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage on the Oscars for a gag about his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Chappelle’s reps and Netflix for remark.
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