Chris Rock cracks a Will Smith Joke after Dave Chappelle is almost attacked.
Dave Chappelle was performing at the Netflix is a Joke festival in Los Angeles when a man ran on stage and “lunged” at him. Footage shared by those in attendance shows security detaining the man and taking him away. His pictures are viral this morning after he was handled very well by security and a few others celebs allegedly.
Another surprise came when Rock, who was also performing the event, came on stage and asked Chappelle: “Was that Will Smith?”
This was a reference to the controversial incident that saw Smith slap Rock while he was presenting an award at the Oscars, after Rock cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
Twitter user @walkgoodetienne added: “Seeing Dave Chappelle get attacked by somebody from the audience then seeing the dude get jumped by Dave Chappelle and his crew gotta be the wildest live show I’ve ever seen. Chris Rock even came on stage, embraced Dave, grabbed the mic, and said ‘Will, was that you?!’”
Jimmy Finn commented: “Yes Dave Chappelle was attacked by a man on stage tonight, yes Chris Rock grabbed the mic and joked that it was Will Smith after, yes I was there to witness it all… that’s just a typical tuesday night here in LA.”
This was the third time Rock has publicly commented on the Smith incident.
Days after it happened, he told the crowd at a stand-up set that he was “still processing what had happened to him druing the live broadcast. Smith apologised for his actions, and has since been banned from attending the Oscars for 10 years.
