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The shock assault on comic Dave Chappelle throughout a dwell present has laid naked “how f**ked up Hollywood is”, based on radio icon Howard Stern.
In a rant on his present, the host has known as out the blatant double commonplace revealed by the starkly completely different remedy handed out to Will Smith, who assaulted comic Chris Rock on the Oscars, and Chappelle’s alleged attacker.
“This man jumped up on stage and attacked Dave Chappelle,” he stated on The Howard Stern Present.
“As quickly as that occurred, did they let him return to his seat and chortle and sit subsequent to his spouse after which give them an award? No! They took him backstage, they broke his arms and arms so unhealthy.”
“They f***ing beat the s**t out of him.”
Footage shared on-line confirmed a person in a black hoodie speeding the Hollywood Bowl stage and pushing the comedian earlier than being stopped by safety guards and members of the star’s team as he tried to flee.
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The person allegedly behind the assault, 23-year-old Isaiah Lee, was charged with felony assault with a lethal weapon however not earlier than he was carted away from the again of the venue strapped to an ambulance gurney bleeding and bruised and with an clearly injured arm, twisted at an unnatural angle.
“In contrast to the Academy Awards, Jamie Foxx got here operating out on stage and helped Dave Chappelle,” Stern stated.
“On the Academy Awards, everybody came visiting and consoled Will Smith — as a result of it was dwell tv and Hollywood didn’t know what to do about Will Smith,” Stern stated.
“The viewers on the Oscars gave Will Smith a standing ovation after the assault, that’s the reality. It’s on movie, it’s not faux information. They didn’t break Will’s arms, they shook them and it’s mistaken.”
Chappelle was tackled to the bottom as he carried out as a part of the Netflix Is A Joke pageant in Los Angeles. Lee is being held in custody on a $30,000 bond in reference to the incident.
A police spokesperson confirmed Lee had “a duplicate handgun with a knife” describing it as a “reproduction handgun-slash-knife”, however neither Chappelle or legislation enforcement officers had been injured.
Lee was listed at 178cm and 64kg. An handle given for him matched that of an LA homeless shelter.
Moments after the assault Chris Rock, who was additionally on stage on the time, jokingly asking if the alleged attacker was Will Smith.
Chappelle later advised the group: “I grabbed the again of that n***** head, his hair was spongy, absorbent.”
Whereas Foxx, who had additionally rushed to assist his pal, added: “Hear, I simply need to say I’ve had an unimaginable time. This man is a genius, we’ve obtained to guard him always, man. That is what it’s about.
“For each comic that comes out right here, this implies all the pieces. You’re a genius, you’re a legend, I loved myself totally and we’re not gonna let nothing occur to you.”
In one other quick clip seemingly taken after the incident, the Chappelle seems to joke that the alleged attacker was a “trans man”.
The comic beforehand confronted lots of backlash with followers accusing him of creating transphobic feedback in his 2021 Netflix particular The Nearer.
He later posted on Instagram and defined whereas he was keen to debate the present with members of the transgender group, he wouldn’t be “bending to anyone’s calls for”.
He stated on the time: “To the transgender group, I’m greater than keen to offer you an viewers.
“However you’ll not summon me. I’m not bending to anyone’s calls for.”
He added: “If that they had invited me I’d have accepted it, though I’m confused about what we’re talking about.
“I stated what I stated and boy I heard what you stated. My god, how may I not?”
— with Bang Showbiz
