{"id":1465056,"date":"2022-05-05T12:30:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465056"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:30:46","slug":"im-just-really-afraid-howie-mandel-calls-dave-chappelle-attack-beginning-of-the-end-for-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-just-really-afraid-howie-mandel-calls-dave-chappelle-attack-beginning-of-the-end-for-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Just Really Afraid\u2019: Howie Mandel Calls Dave Chappelle Attack \u2018Beginning Of The End For Comedy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-just-really-afraid-howie-mandel-calls-dave-chappelle-attack-beginning-of-the-end-for-comedy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Howie-Mandel-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Fellow comedians are weighing in on the alleged assault that took place at Dave Chappelle\u2019s comedy show Tuesday night. A fan reportedly rushed onto the stage brandishing a blade concealed in a replica gun at the end of the comedian\u2019s set, \u201cNetflix is a Joke: The Festival\u201d at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The man was arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon and taken to a hospital for medical treatment, CNN <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/05\/entertainment\/dave-chappelle-attack-howie-mandel-comics\/index.html\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>. Chappelle was not injured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Comedian Howie Mandel conveyed his feelings on the incident while speaking with \u201cExtra\u2019s\u201d Billy Bush on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWatching what happened to Dave last night confirmed my fear,\u201d Mandel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/extratv.com\/2022\/05\/04\/howie-mandel-reacts-to-dave-chappelle-attack-says-he-s-afraid\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cI was watching it kind of live on Twitter and I turned to my wife and I said, \u2018I don\u2019t want to. I don\u2019t want to go on stage. I\u2019m just really afraid.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some comedians attending the show rushed to Chappelle\u2019s side after it happened. Chris Rock was one of them. Video surfaced later of Rock saying, \u201cWas that Will Smith?\u201d after the attack, referencing the now-infamous slap at the 2022 Academy Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rock wasn\u2019t the only one talking about Smith\u2019s slap following the incident. Comedian and Washington Times columnist Tim Young tweeted, \u201cWe can all thank Will Smith for setting the example that led to Dave Chappelle getting assaulted on stage last night.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mandel had similar sentiments to share while speaking to \u201cExtra.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is one step that kind of opens a door and triggers somebody if they don\u2019t like what you\u2019re saying or they\u2019re offended by what you\u2019re saying\u2026 It\u2019s kind of okay because it\u2019s been done, to be violent, and that\u2019s what my fear was,\u201d the \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d host explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy biggest fear 40 years ago was not getting a laugh, and then cancel culture came along and then it was like, \u2018Oh, my God if somebody doesn\u2019t like your joke or you overstepped your line, you could lose your career,\u2019 and then after the Academy Awards\u2026 I said\u2026 \u2018Violence triggers violence,&#8217;\u201d Mandel concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou saw what happened at the Academy Awards, and I thought that just triggers\u2014violence triggers violence,\u201d the 66-year-old TV star <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1329711\/howie-mandel-calls-attack-on-dave-chapelle-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-comedy\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> E! News, \u201cI think this is the beginning of the end for comedy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When asked how he\u2019d react to being attacked, Mandel said \u201cI\u2019m probably more of a Chris Rock, and a Usain Bolt because I would run,\u201d he joked. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t stand there. I wouldn\u2019t fight back, and I would just run.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also called himself a \u201cwuss.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow comedians are weighing in on the alleged assault that took place at Dave Chappelle\u2019s comedy show Tuesday night. 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