comedian was tackled by a man – named by LAPD as Isaiah Lee – during his performance at the Netflix Is A Joke festival on Tuesday night.LAPD has confirmed that the 23-year-old was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after the incident, according to Sky News.Reports claim he was carrying a replica gun with a knife blade inside when he lunged for the star.Mandel has said the shocking incident ‘confirmed his fears’ about performing on stage.‘That hit… no pun intended… that hit very deeply,’ he said.The 66-year-old added to Extra: ‘Watching what happened to Dave last night confirmed my fear.
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.”‘To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoMandel told E!: ‘You saw what happened at the Academy Awards, and I thought that just triggers—violence triggers violence.‘And I think this is the beginning of the end for comedy.”In shocking scenes on Tuesday, Chappelle, 48, was coming to the end of his stand-up routine in LA when he was approached by Lee.In video footage, he suddenly appeared to rush him from the side, before Jamie Foxx leapt on stage to help.The Django Unchained actor, who was watching the show from the wings, jumped to action and detained the attacker while the comedian quickly recovered.‘I don’t know if that was part of the show or… I grabbed the back of that n****s head, his hair was spongy, absorbent,’ he told the audience shortly after the incident.‘Listen, I just want to say I’ve had an incredible time.
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