Dave Chappelle issues statement on Hollywood Bowl assault: "He refuses to allow last night’s incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment"

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“Dave Chappelle celebrated four nights of comedy and music, setting record-breaking sales for a comedian at the Hollywood Bowl,” read Chappelle's statement. “This run ties Chappelle with Monty Python for the most headlined shows by any comedian at the Hollywood Bowl, reaching 70k fans of diverse backgrounds during the first Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival, and he refuses to allow last night’s incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment. “As unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show. Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock helped calm the crowd with humor before Chappelle introduced the last and featured musical guests for the evening, hip-hop artists yasiin bey and Talib Kweli, a.k.a. Black Star, who performed music from their new album – the first in nearly 24 years – which was released on Luminary. Other special comedic guests last night included Earthquake, Leslie Jones, Jeff Ross, Sebastian, Jon Stewart and Michelle Wolf.”

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• Comedians worry that it's "gettin' dangerous out there": Comedians are weighing on the second attack on a comedian on stage in as many weeks. "We can all thank Will Smith for setting the example that led to Dave Chappelle getting assaulted on stage last night," tweeted comedian Tim Young. Comedian George Wallace tweeted a photoshopped image of him in a Popemobile, adding: "Gettin' dangerous out here. Got no time for the rope-a-dope, Wallace is gonna ride like the Pope. I'm rollin' The Jokemobile on stage from now on and whatnot."
• Isaiah Lee, Chappelle's 23-year-old alleged attacker, wrote a rap song titled "Dave Chappelle": "Lee also has a decent social media following, with 32k followers, and only follows 80 people ... Dave being one of them," reports TMZ. "He posted a bizarre video of himself yesterday with a filter to give himself a bloody nose and devil horns."
• Netflix issues a statement denouncing the Chappelle attack: “We care deeply about the safety of creators and we strongly defend the right of stand-up comedians to perform on stage without fear of violence,” the streamer said in its statement.
• Howie Mandel calls the attack on Chappelle the "beginning of the end of comedy"