Howie Mandel afraid after Dave Chappelle attack
edition.cnn.com(CNN)Howie Mandel and other comics are sounding the alarm after Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage following a performance.An audience member attacked Chappelle Tuesday night right after the comedian wrapped up a set during "Netflix is a Joke: The Festival" at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.The man who tackled Chappelle had a knife blade and was arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon and taken to a hospital for medical treatment, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Talking to "Extra's" Billy Bush on Wednesday, Mandel expressed concern."Watching what happened to Dave last night confirmed my fear," Mandel said. "I was watching it kind of live on Twitter and I turned to my wife and I said, 'I don't want to.
I don't want to go on stage. I'm just really afraid.'"Other comedians who were present during the incident, including Chris Rock, rushed to Chappelle's side after it happened.Rock joked about whether the suspect was Will Smith, referring to Smith's incident at the Oscars in which he walked on stage and slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.Comedian and Washington Times columnist Tim Young tweeted, "We can all thank Will Smith for setting the example that led to Dave Chappelle getting assaulted on stage last night.""Here we go again.
As I mentioned before, Will Smith did it, so now people think that if a big celebrity did it they can now do it," comedian Jordan Garnett told WPTV.
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