Comedian Dave Chapel was smashed during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night. The guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chapel managed to continue his performance while the man was taken away by ambulance.
NBC News reported that the Los Angeles Police Department said early Wednesday that the man was carrying a fake pistol with a real knife blade inside.
LAPD’s media relations did not make an official announcement of the arrest in the hours following the attack and did not respond immediately to a request from the Associated Press for details.
Chappelle was performing her stand-up routine in the amphitheater as part of the Netflix Is a Joke festival when the man rushed onto the stage and collided with him. Jamie Fox was on the wings of the stage and Chappelle thanked him for responding to the attack. Chris Rock was also there and jokingly asked if the attacker was Will Smith.
Chappelle was attacked while completing a routine about how comedians need to worry more about their personal safety after this year’s Oscars, where Oscar-winning actor hit Rock live on television in response to a joke about Smith’s wife.
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American comedian Dave Chapel attacked during a performance
A man carrying a fake pistol with a real knife blade inside jumped on stage and collided with comedian David Chapel during a performance Tuesday in Los Angeles, police said. Chappelle was not injured in the incident. 0:55
The motive for Tuesday night’s attack is unclear.
Chappelle’s recent comedy major has sparked controversy over transgender material, leading to Netflix employees leaving.
“The comedian had literally just said that now there is more security because of all the noise from his jokes about the trance community,” tweeted Buzzfeed News reporter Briana Sachs, who attended the show. She tweeted that “while the attacker was beaten,” Chapel “joked that he was probably a trans man.”
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