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Dave Chappelle tackled to the ground on stage during performance for Netflix is a Joke festival

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked by an irate audience member who rushed the stage in the middle of his performance late Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

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Footage of Dave Chappelle’s stage attack and Chris Rock’s ‘wild’ Will Smith response shared online

‘Gotta be the wildest live show I’ve ever seen,’ one crowd member said

The Independent UK

Footage of Chris Rock’s ‘wild’ Will Smith joke after Dave Chappelle’s attacked on stage shared online

‘Gotta be the wildest live show I’ve ever seen,’ one crowd member said

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Man charged for attack on Dave Chappelle with replica gun at LA comedy festival

Incident raises further questions over comedian safety after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at Oscars

The Guardian - UK

Comedian Dave Chappelle sent ‘flying in the air’ after being attacked on stage

The comedian was on stage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles when a man 'lunged' at him

Manchester Evening News

Man accused of tackling comic Dave Chappelle on stage is charged with assault

The man accused of tackling comedian Dave Chappelle to the stage floor during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles was charged on Wednesday with felony assault with a deadly weapon.

Reuters

US comic Dave Chappelle attacked on stage weeks after Chris Rock Oscars slap

The stand-up was performing in Los Angeles when a man emerged from the crowd and tried tackling him before falling to the floor

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Dave Chappelle was physically attacked in the middle of his performance in L.A.

The incident comes months after Chappelle faced controversy over his 2021 Netflix special The Closer, in which he makes jokes about transgender women.

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Dave Chappelle was physically attacked in the middle of his performance in LA

The incident comes months after Chappelle faced controversy over his 2021 Netflix special The Closer, in which he makes jokes about transgender women.

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‘Was that Will Smith?’: Chris Rock jokes after Dave Chappelle attacked at Netflix comedy festival

Chappelle was attacked by an audience member as he neared the end of his set at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Comedian Dave Chappelle attacked on stage during Netflix event

Chris Rock later asked if it was Will Smith

Liverpool Echo

Patrick Kielty on his return to comedy and his view on the Will Smith Oscars incident

"When the Oscars become more dangerous than pre-ceasefire Northern Ireland, I kind of think we've crossed the line"

Belfast Live

Ed Marinaro joked about a ‘Will Smith slap’ coming his way during rambling draft announcement

These drafts are long enough already, Ed!

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Vikings presenter Ed Marinaro thought a ‘Will Smith slap’ was coming, says he ‘got the hint’

Ed Marinaro felt a bit hurt by some of the backlash.

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The Independent UK

Andrew Garfield admits he was texting friends during the Oscars after Will Smith slap

‘At that moment, my friends took priority over Kevin [Costner],’ who was presenting, Garfield said

Los Angeles Times

Pete Davidson compares Kanye West’s behavior with Will Smith’s Oscars slap

LOS ANGELES — Pete Davidson sounded off Thursday about girlfriend Kim Kardashian’s ex, Kanye West, during his first stand-up comedy show in three years.

The Independent UK

Trevor Noah jokes about Will Smith’s Oscars slap at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

‘It is risky making jokes these days,’ he began

The Guardian - UK

Director of new Bob Marley movie casts actor with no musical training

‘I was more interested in his acting,’ says Reinaldo Marcus Green in his decision to choose a rising star of British film and theatre to play the king of reggae

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What did he meme? Andrew Garfield explains that viral Oscar photo

LOS ANGELES — Andrew Garfield confirmed that he was doing exactly what everyone thought in that viral photo from this year’s Academy Awards: texting his friends about the infamous Oscars slap.

Daily Mirror

James Corden's most memorable moments on The Late Late Show after he announces exit

From Carpool Karaoke to Crosswalk Musicals, the Gavin and Stacey star, 43, made it big in America after he succeeded Craig Ferguson as host- here we take a look at how he made the show his own

The Independent UK

Andrew Garfield admits he was texting friends during the Oscars after Will Smith slap

‘At that moment, my friends took priority over Kevin [Costner],’ who was presenting, Garfield said

Daily Record

Jack Whitehall tells how he was attacked by a fan onstage as bouncers laughed

Security staff at the venue thought the headlock was a part of the comedian's act

The Conversation

Revisiting Will Smith's slap and what it means to protect a loved one

It took less than a nanosecond before The Slap was seen around the world. It took a little longer – about two weeks – before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to ban Will Smith from appearing at another Oscar awards ceremony.

The Independent UK

Jack Whitehall claims Will Smith’s Oscars slap has comedians ‘checking themselves when they write jokes’

‘My piece of advice is just be careful who you pick on’

Daily Mirror

Will Smith flies to India for 'spiritual purposes' to escape Oscars slap drama

Will Smith is laying low following the shocking incident at the 2022 Oscars last month, as he stormed on stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock during the live ceremony, stunning the star–studded audience and millions of viewers at home

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