Carpenter told the PA news agency an attacker "lunged" at the comedian as he headlined the event, sending him "flying in the air". Because they had made some Will Smith jokes. Even though Chris Rock was there, Dave was making some jokes, it was fair game, right?" In October, about 100 people protested outside Netflix's headquarters over the airing of a comedy special by Chappelle, which they said was transphobic. Tuesday's incident came five weeks after Smith famously slapped Rock on stage at the Academy Awards after Rock made a joke about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Source: The Star May 04, 2022 20:02 UTC