Dave Chappelle attacked on stage by man with gun and immediately joked about it
The unidentified man was armed with a replica of a pistol that "shoots" with a knife.
At the Netflix Joke Festival, Dave Chappelle was attacked by a man armed with a gun. According to the LAPD, the gun was a dummy of a real weapon, but could "shoot" with a knife, writes The Sun.
The guards immediately reacted and grabbed the attacker, the police detained him and took him to the station. The stand-up comedian was unharmed. Moreover, Dave immediately joked that the attacker was helped to detain the actor Jamie Foxx.
"Whenever you're in trouble, Jamie Foxx will show up in a sheriff's hat," he said.
By the way, Fox thought it was part of the performance. Later that day on a show, Chris Rock asked if the attacker was Will Smith.
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