Howard Stern has taken issue with the way Hollywood has addressed Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars compared to Dave Chappelle’s attacker.
Stern called out what he calls hypocrisy during Wednesday’s “The Howard Stern Show”. “This guy jumped up on stage and attacked Dave Chappelle,” Stern said, per Mediaite. “As soon as that happened, did they let him go back to his seat and laugh and sit next to his wife and then give them an award?
No! They took him backstage, they broke his arms and hands so bad. They fucking beat the shit out of him.” During Tuesday’s Netflix Is A Joke festival, a man attacked Chappelle before security tackled him.
He was later arrested and taken away on a stretcher. Rock and Jamie Foxx were in attendance and rushed to Chappelle’s aid. “Was that Will Smith?” Rock joked. READ MORE: Dave Chappelle Releases Statement After The ‘Unsettling’ Onstage Attack Stern continued, saying: “Unlike the Academy Awards, Jamie Foxx came running out on stage and helped Dave Chappelle.
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