Grumpy smurfs were defending Will and fantasizing about running up on a comedian but the Oscars are not reality.
Wait...Is that a hand print on the side of his face?
Isaiah Lee, 23, charged the stage at last night's Netflix Is A Joke event, tackling the comedian before being dragged off by security after Jamie Foxx rushed to help.
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Man, 23, is charged with trying to attack Dave Chappelle: Attacker armed with knife and replica gun tackled comedian during Netflix gig during set about how the woke brigade tried to cancel him over trans jokes
- The comedian, 48, was performing at the Netflix is a Joke festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles
- The attacker has been named as Isaiah Lee, 23; he is now in LA County Sheriff's custody
- Lee has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon - police say he was carrying a knife and replica gun
- Chappelle was uninjured and continued with his set, joking the attacker was a 'trans man'
- He had been joking about the woke brigade trying to cancel him over recent trans jokes when Lee stormed the stage
- Chris Rock then performed and joked that the attacker was Will Smith following the Oscars 'slap gate' incident
By
JACK NEWMAN and
JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 03:09 EDT, 4 May 2022 | UPDATED: 12:27 EDT, 4 May 2022
A 23-year-old man has been charged with trying to attack Dave Chappelle last night after storming on stage armed with a knife and tackling the comedian at his Hollywood Bowl show.
Isaiah Lee is now being held in the LA County Sheriff's custody on a single felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon. His bail has been set at $30,000. Lee's motive for the attack remains unclear. Police have not yet established where he lives, and if he attended the show alone.
He stormed the stage while Chappelle joked that he'd had to increase his security in light of his trans jokes at the Netflix is a Joke festival. The attacker was armed with a gun that contained a hidden knife, according to the cops. It's unclear if he was searched on his way into the venue, or how he was able to gain access to the stage.
Chappelle was uninjured and carried on with the show.
Lee was then tackled by security guards who appeared to break his arm in the melee. He is described as weighing 140lbs and is 5ft 11.
It raises questions about security at the Netflix show, its first ever live comedy festival, which forced fans to put their phones away but failed to spot the weapon. Netflix has not yet addressed the incident.
The venue said on its website that the show, which last night was titled Dave Chappelle and Friends, would be a 'phone-free experience' and that the audience would have to secure their phones inside pouches.
After the attacker was detained, Chappelle thanked Foxx on stage during the curtain call. He said: 'Shout out to Jamie Foxx by the way. Whenever you're in trouble, Jamie Foxx will show up in a sheriff's hat.'
Foxx replied: 'I thought that was part of the show, I didn't know what the f***...'
Chappelle said: 'I grabbed the back of that n**** head. His hair was spongy. Absorbent.'
Foxx added: 'Listen, I just want to say, this man is an absolute genius. We've got to make sure we protect him at all times.
'For every comedian who comes out here, this means everything. You're a genius. You're a legend, I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and we're not going to let nothing happen to you.'
Chappelle said: 'I've been doing this for 35 years. I just stomped a n**** backstage. I've always wanted to do that.'
After the attack, Jimmy Carr shared a selfie taken with the fellow comedian and described his Los Angeles show as 'crazy'.
He tweeted: 'The Hollywood Bowl show with the legendary Dave Chappelle was crazy. Just happy everyone's ok.'
Chappelle came under fire last year over jokes about trans people in his Netflix comedy show The Closer.