According to various US media agencies, US comedian Dave Chappelle was pushed on stage during his act at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, citing witnesses and recordings from the “Netflix is a Joke” event. On social media, footage started circulating of a man jumping onto the stage and attacking Chappelle while he was performing. According to the videos, security hauled the comedian away right away.
According to the authorities, a man equipped with a fake pistol was caught after tackling the comedian while he was performing in Los Angeles. His motivation remained a mystery. According to organisers, Chappelle was playing at a new 11-day comedy festival dubbed “Netflix is a Joke”. According to police and witnesses, Dave Chappelle was ending his comedic routine at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles late Tuesday night when a man armed with a fake pistol launched himself at him, knocking him to the ground and scaring the audience.
Mr. Chappelle, 48, was unharmed, according to the authorities. According to authorities, the weapon seized at the scene was a pistol replica with a blade, and the attacker was identified as Isaiah Lee, 23.
According to an ABC account, Rock, who had performed earlier in the evening, joined Chappelle on stage shortly after the incident and joked, “Was that Will Smith?”According to the ABC story, Chappelle requested multiple times for security to remove the man from the stage.According to Brianna Sacks, a BuzzFeed News journalist who was at the concert, the man who charged towards Chappelle on stage was kicked by at least ten people.
Mr. Lee, who was later treated at a hospital, was seen on video being punched and kicked by security personnel. According to the LAPD, he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and his bail was set at $30,000. His motivation remained a mystery.
Mr. Chappelle had been playing as part of “Netflix is a Joke: The Festival,” a multi-venue event that featured over 100 performers. The festival was supposed to take place from April 28 to Sunday.He was the main attraction at the outdoor amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills on Tuesday, which has a capacity of 18,000 people. According to Farshad Dehbozorgi, 34, a lawyer who was at the performance and detailed the incident on Twitter, the interruption occurred while he was congratulating other artists.
In an email response to Reuters, a spokeswoman for the Hollywood Bowl said the event was under “active investigation” and that it couldn’t speak further.The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately reply to a request for comment from Reuters. A spokeswoman for Chappelle could not be reached for comment right away.
In an interview, he stated, “Everyone was shocked”. “No one could believe what they were seeing”. Although audience members were asked to place their phones in specially secured pouches, some were able to capture the event.
Officer Alba Mendez, a police spokesperson who described the firearm, said it was pointed towards Mr. Chappelle by the perpetrator. On Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the comic could not be reached for comment.Mr. Chappelle was carried away after the assault, but he returned to the stage to riff on the attack, saying the man was “being trampled.” “It was a trans man,” he stated again, out of breath, to laughter from the audience.