Dave Chappelle Tackled During Comedy Show, Chris Rock Asks If It Was Will Smith?
Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night and a man was later arrested. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his perfo
Comedian
Dave
Chappelle
was
tackled
during
a
performance
at
the
Hollywood
Bowl
Tuesday
night
and
a
man
was
later
arrested.
Security
guards
chased
and
overpowered
the
attacker,
and
Chappelle
was
able
to
continue
his
performance
while
the
man
was
taken
away
in
an
ambulance.
The
assailant
was
carrying
a
replica
handgun
with
a
large
blade
that
folded
out
of
it
similar
to
a
pocket
knife,
according
to
a
photo
released
by
police.
Isaiah
Lee,
23,
was
detained
and
arrested
for
assault
with
a
deadly
weapon,
said
Officer
Alba
Mendez,
a
Los
Angeles
Police
Department
spokesperson.
Lee
was
treated
by
medical
staff
for
an
unspecified
injury
and
was
booked
into
jail
early
Wednesday
and
held
in
lieu
of
$30,000
bail,
Mendez
said.
It
was
not
immediately
known
if
he
had
retained
a
lawyer.
Mendez
said
a
“famous
comedian
was
performing”
when
Lee
jumped
onto
the
stage,
tackled
the
celebrity
and
produced
the
replica
handgun
containing
a
knife
blade.
Mendez
said
the
department
did
not
name
the
celebrity
because
it
does
not
confirm
victim
names.
Chappelle
was
performing
his
stand-up
routine
on
the
last
of
four
nights
at
the
amphitheater
as
part
of
the
“Netflix
Is
a
Joke”
festival
when
the
man
rushed
on
stage
and
tackled
him.
Jamie
Foxx
was
in
the
wings
of
the
stage
and
Chappelle
thanked
him
for
responding
to
the
attack.
Chris
Rock
was
there
as
well.
He
grabbed
the
mic
and
jokingly
asked,
“Was
that
Will
Smith?”
“The
performances
by
Chappelle
at
the
Hollywood
Bowl
were
epic
and
record-breaking
and
he
refuses
to
allow
last
night's
incident
to
overshadow
the
magic
of
this
historic
moment," Chapelle's
publicist
Carla
Sims
said
in
a
statement.
“As
unfortunate
and
unsettling
as
the
incident
was,
Chappelle
went
on
with
the
show."
Chappelle
was
attacked
as
he
was
wrapping
up
a
routine
in
which
he
talked
about
how
comedians
have
to
worry
more
about
their
personal
security
in
the
wake
of
this
year's
Academy
Awards
ceremony
where
the
Oscar-winning
actor
slapped
Rock
on
live
television
in
reaction
to
a
joke
about
his
wife.
“The
comedian
had
literally
just
said
he
now
has
more
security
because
of
all
the
uproar
from
his
jokes
about
the
Trans
community,”
tweeted
Buzzfeed
News
reporter
Brianna
Sacks,
who
attended
the
show.
After
resuming,
Chappelle
joked
that
“it
was
a
trans
man.”
A
midday
police
statement
recounted
the
incident
but
gave
no
indication
of
whether
investigators
had
determined
the
motive
for
the
attack.
“We
care
deeply
about
the
safety
of
creators
and
we
strongly
defend
the
right
of
stand-up
comedians
to
perform
on
stage
without
fear
of
violence,”
a
Netflix
statement
said.
(AP)
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