Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock joke about onstage assaults

Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock commiserated about their latest public assaults, and in typical vogue, introduced somewhat levity to the scenario.

Chappelle carried out a secret present on the Comedy Retailer in Los Angeles on Thursday night time and instantly talked in regards to the scary incident two nights prior. In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, the comedian acquired “a hero’s welcome” from the star-studded crowd that included Kim Kardashian and Sean “Diddy” Combs when he hit the stage. Rock resolve to affix Chappelle 10 minutes into the set.

“At the very least you bought smacked by somebody of reputation!” Chappelle joked to Rock. “I obtained smacked by a homeless man with leaves in his hair.”

Rock, who was hit within the face by Will Smith in the course of the Oscars, quipped: “I obtained smacked by the softest n***** that ever rapped.”

Chappelle was attacked on the final night time of his historic run on the Hollywood Bowl. After the present, he apparently satisfied the LAPD to let him converse to his assailant.

“I wanted to speak to him,” Chappelle defined, noting the person appeared mentally in poor health.

The comic proceeded to ask 23-year-old Isaiah Lee, who was arrested in connection to the assault, why he would do such a factor. Chappelle instructed the group that Lee started speaking about his grandmother in Brooklyn, who had been compelled out of her neighborhood by gentrification. Lee apparently needed to attract consideration to her scenario.

Lee won’t face felony expenses for the assault, a lot to the dismay of some Los Angeles residents.

“The Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace has referred the case to the Los Angeles Metropolis Lawyer’s Workplace for misdemeanor submitting consideration. After reviewing the proof, prosecutors decided that whereas legal conduct occurred, the proof as introduced didn’t represent felony conduct. The District Lawyer’s Workplace doesn’t prosecute misdemeanor crimes inside the metropolis of Los Angeles,” DA spokesperson Greg Risling tells Yahoo Leisure.

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Lee was charged with 4 misdemeanors, together with battery and possession of a weapon. The person was armed with a duplicate gun that may eject a knife blade when discharged.

Entourage creator Doug Ellin is amongst those that spoke out: “Why would you cost him with a felony ? Why not give him a trophy?… WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE !”

Yahoo Leisure reached out to Chappelle’s rep for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response. His spokesperson issued a press release on Wednesday saying the comic did not need the assault to “overshadow” his exhibits.

“The performances by Chappelle on the Hollywood Bowl have been epic and record-breaking and he refuses to permit [Tuesday’s] incident to overshadow the magic of this historic second,” his rep instructed The Hollywood Reporter in a press release. “Dave Chappelle celebrated 4 nights of comedy and music, setting record-breaking gross sales for a comic on the Hollywood Bowl. This run ties Chappelle with Monty Python for probably the most headlined exhibits by any comic on the Hollywood Bowl, reaching 70,000 followers of various backgrounds in the course of the first Netflix Is A Joke: The Pageant.”

Chappelle’s spokesperson added, “As unlucky and unsettling because the incident was, Chappelle went on with the present,” and praised Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock for serving to to “calm the group with humor.”