{"id":1465944,"date":"2022-05-06T07:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T11:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465944"},"modified":"2022-05-06T08:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T12:02:14","slug":"dave-chappelle-issues-statement-after-being-attacked-during-netflix-is-a-joke-comedy-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-chappelle-issues-statement-after-being-attacked-during-netflix-is-a-joke-comedy-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Chappelle Issues Statement After Being Attacked During \u201cNetflix Is a Joke\u201d Comedy Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fdave-chappelle-issues-statement-after-being-attacked-during-netflix-is-a-joke-comedy-festival%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=1465944&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--><p>Comedian and actor Dave Chappelle issued a statement after he was violently attacked on stage during his final appearance at the Hollywood Bowl during the Netflix is a Joke festival.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_161120\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-161120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Chappelle and Friends. Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl for Netflix Is A Joke Fest. Cr. Mathieu Bitton\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chappelle was violently attacked on stage towards the end of his set with police arresting 23-year old male Isaiah Lee on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/watch-video-shows-dave-chappelle-attacker-tackling-him-on-hollywood-bowl-stage\/2885410\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News Los Angeles<\/a>, Lee was armed with a replica gun \u201cthat can eject a knife blade.\u201d However, they noted, \u201cIt is not clear whether he used the weapon in the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"sv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/davechappelle?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#davechappelle<\/a> attacked at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hollywoodbowl?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hollywoodbowl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/netflixisajoke?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#netflixisajoke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oP04S0de90\">pic.twitter.com\/oP04S0de90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 abazar \ud83e\udd87\ud83d\udd0a (@abazar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abazar\/status\/1521735930343690242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/05\/04\/comedian-dave-chappelle-attacked-during-comedy-festival-in-los-angeles-attacker-had-replica-gun-with-ejectable-knife-blade\/\">Comedian Dave Chappelle Attacked During Comedy Festival In Los Angeles, Attacker Had Replica Gun With Ejectable Knife Blade<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After attacking Chappelle, the man was mobbed by the event and Chappelle\u2019s own security with BuzzFeed reporter Brianna Sacks claiming they \u201crushed and started punching and kicking the s*** out of Chappelle\u2019s attacker.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_160934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160934\" class=\"size-full wp-image-160934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.04-05.38-boundingintocomics-6272ba317c3fc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"753\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-160934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Brianna Sacks Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police and rescue would eventually arrive on the scene and transport the suspect into an ambulance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by at least 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>LAPD and LAFD are now loading him into an ambulance <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7SXPe9e8az\">pic.twitter.com\/7SXPe9e8az<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bri_sacks\/status\/1521734502946525185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/12\/08\/wil-wheaton-calls-dave-chappelle-a-bigot-and-piece-of-s-after-netflix-announced-the-comedian-will-headline-netflix-is-a-joke-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wil Wheaton Calls Dave Chappelle A \u201cBigot\u201d And \u201cPiece Of S***\u201d After Netflix Announced The Comedian Will Headline \u2018Netflix Is A Joke Festival\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chappelle continued the showing even joking that the attacker was a trans man.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Someone just ran on stage and attacked Dave Chappelle \ud83d\ude2e at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/netflixisajokefest?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#netflixisajokefest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/netflixisajoke?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#netflixisajoke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0WMUPQ7ks4\">pic.twitter.com\/0WMUPQ7ks4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DoZay (@DoZay1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoZay1\/status\/1521730777460879361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chris Rock, who was also in attendance and had performed a set earlier, jokingly asked, \u201cWas that Will Smith?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWas that Will Smith?\u201d: Moments after Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage during a performance in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Chris Rock joined Chappelle at the mic for a joke of his own. Rock was slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars less than two months ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BO4IlvYf6\">https:\/\/t.co\/8BO4IlvYf6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WqdrnZCxbM\">pic.twitter.com\/WqdrnZCxbM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1521871073653964801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/11\/29\/kevin-hart-weighs-in-on-recent-dave-chappelle-controversy-says-cancel-culture-is-getting-out-of-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Hart Weighs In On Recent Dave Chappelle Controversy, Says Cancel Culture Is \u201cGetting Out Of Hand\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to the attack, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/05\/dave-chappelle-issues-statement-on-attack-1235016361\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> reports Chappelle issued a statement that begins, \u201cDave Chappelle celebrated four nights of comedy and music, setting record-breaking sales for a comedian at the Hollywood Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>It continued, \u201cThis run ties Chappelle with Monty Python for the most headlined shows by any comedian at the Hollywood Bowl, reaching 70k fans of diverse backgrounds during the first Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival, and he refuses to allow last night\u2019s incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_161123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161123\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e71528081.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e71528081.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e71528081-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e71528081-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e71528081-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e71528081-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e71528081-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-161123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Chappelle and Friends. Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl for Netflix Is A Joke Fest. Cr. Mathieu Bitton\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show. Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock helped calm the crowd with humor before Chappelle introduced the last and featured musical guests for the evening, hip-hop artists yasiin bey and Talib Kweli, a.k.a. Black Star, who performed music from their new album \u2013 the first in nearly 24 years \u2013 which was released on Luminary,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther special comedic guests last night included Earthquake, Leslie Jones, Jeff Ross, Sebastian, Jon Stewart and Michelle Wolf,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_161122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161122\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e707a2fbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e707a2fbc.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e707a2fbc-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e707a2fbc-1340x894-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e707a2fbc-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e707a2fbc-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.02-boundingintocomics-6273e707a2fbc-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-161122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Chappelle and Friends. Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl for Netflix Is A Joke Fest. Cr. Mathieu Bitton\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Netflix spokesman also told Deadline, \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_161124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161124\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.03-boundingintocomics-6273e7276e18c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.03-boundingintocomics-6273e7276e18c.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.03-boundingintocomics-6273e7276e18c-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.03-boundingintocomics-6273e7276e18c-1340x893-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.03-boundingintocomics-6273e7276e18c-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.03-boundingintocomics-6273e7276e18c-360x240-1.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.05-03.03-boundingintocomics-6273e7276e18c-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-161124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Chappelle and Friends. Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl for Netflix Is A Joke Fest. Cr. Mathieu Bitton\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of Chappelle\u2019s statement? What do you make of this man attacking Chappelle on stage?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2021\/10\/19\/channing-tatum-says-he-hates-how-dave-chappelle-has-hurt-so-many-people-with-his-comedy-routines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Channing Tatum Says He Hates How Dave Chappelle Has \u201cHurt So Many People\u201d With His Comedy Routines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian and actor Dave Chappelle issued a statement after he was violently attacked on stage during his final appearance at the Hollywood Bowl during the Netflix is a Joke festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":1481827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}