LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comic Dave Chappelle was tackled throughout a efficiency on the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night time.
Safety guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was in a position to proceed his efficiency whereas the person was taken away in an ambulance.
NBC Information reported that the Los Angeles Police Division stated the person was carrying a faux gun with an actual knife blade inside it. LAPD media relations made no official announcement of an arrest within the hours after the assault, and didn't instantly reply to an Related Press request for particulars.
Chappelle was performing his standup routine on the amphitheater as a part of the “Netflix Is a Joke” pageant when the person rushed on stage and tackled him.
Jamie Foxx was within the wings of the stage and Chappelle thanked him for responding to the assault. Chris Rock was there as properly, and jokingly requested if the attacker was Will Smith.
Chappelle was attacked as he was wrapping up a routine by which he talked about how comedians have to fret extra about their private safety within the wake of this 12 months’s Academy Awards ceremony, the place the Oscar-winning actor slapped Rock on stay tv in response to a joke about his spouse.
“The comic had actually simply stated he now has extra safety due to all of the uproar from his jokes concerning the Trans group,” tweeted Buzzfeed Information reporter Brianna Sacks, who attended the present.
She tweeted that “whereas the attacker was getting beat up,” Chappelle “made a joke about him in all probability being a trans man.”