Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefStand-up comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked while performing on stage Tuesday at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.Video footage shows a man rushing onto the stage and tackling the performer during the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival.
The attacker is subsequently dragged off stage by security personnel.Details of the incident are being pieced together as spectators’ mobile phones were supposed to have been confiscated before the event.According to the snippets that have emerged so far, Chappelle appears to be largely unhurt and to have quickly regained his composure. “It was a trans man,” Chappelle says later.Chappelle has been a controversial figure for his frequent jokes about the trans-sexual community and the perception that he is transphobic. – More to come..
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