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- A man jumped on stage and tackled Dave Chappelle on Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl.
- The man ended up sustaining multiple injuries and had to be transported to the hospital after confrontation with Chappelle’s security team.
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A bizarre situation unfolded at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night.
According to several witnesses, a man jumped on stage and attacked comedian Dave Chappelle during his set.
Dave Chappelle was just assaulted on stage at his Hollywood Bowl show. He was finishing up his performance when a man ran on-stage and lunged at him knocking him to the floor. Security & his entourage then cornered the man as Dave joked about how him getting “stomped” backstage.
— Sharon Carpenter (@sharoncarpenter) May 4, 2022
Here is a portion of the incident that was caught on camera.
#davechappelle attacked at #hollywoodbowl #netflixisajoke pic.twitter.com/oP04S0de90
— abazar 🦇🔊 (@abazar) May 4, 2022
There’s also video of the man being apprehended by police after the attack.
Here’s the guy who jumped Dave Chappelle pic.twitter.com/kkmIhH685a
— Leonard Del Earnhardt 🏁 (@lennydelray) May 4, 2022
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.
LAPD and LAFD are now loading him into an ambulance pic.twitter.com/7SXPe9e8az
— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) May 4, 2022
Apparently, Chappelle joked about the incident as soon as it was over.
Dave seems OK and made jokes about how he thought his attacker may have been Will Smith. Our phones were locked so it’s unlikely many people – aside from Netflix – have footage.
— Sharon Carpenter (@sharoncarpenter) May 4, 2022
Chris Rock and John Stewart were among the group of comedians performing alongside Dave Chappelle tonight when the incident happened. Jamie Foxx jumped onstage to help and make sure Dave was OK
— Sharon Carpenter (@sharoncarpenter) May 4, 2022
Update: Here’s Dave Chappelle talking about the incident with Jamie Foxx and Busta Rhymes at the show.
Here is a video of the aftermath. #DaveChappelle handled this like a champ! #HollywoodBowl pic.twitter.com/0xaBpWsbrT
— E5QUIRE (@e5quire) May 4, 2022
Suddenly a random person sitting in the front row jumped on stage and ran straight at him. He tackled Dave and they both went to the floor and began wrestling when everyone ran onstage to help, including Dave’s security…
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— E5QUIRE (@e5quire) May 4, 2022