Dave Chappelle Tackled While Performing Onstage at Hollywood Bowl

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked while performing on stage Tuesday at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked while performing on stage Tuesday at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Video footage shows a man rushing on to the stage and tackling the performer to the ground during the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival,

Video footage shows a man rushing on to the stage and tackling the performer to the ground during the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival,

for which Chappelle has performed a number of dates at the Hollywood Bowl in the last month.

for which Chappelle has performed a number of dates at the Hollywood Bowl in the last month.

The attacker then gets up and tries to run off-stage before he is caught and tackled by what appear to be security personnel and members of Chappelle’s team.

The attacker then gets up and tries to run off-stage before he is caught and tackled by what appear to be security personnel and members of Chappelle’s team.

Video footage of the incident is sparse because guests’ mobile phones were supposed to have been inaccessible to them during the performance.

Video footage of the incident is sparse because guests’ mobile phones were supposed to have been inaccessible to them during the performance.

(The Hollywood Bowl website indicates that attendees’ phones were to be secured in Yondr devices,

(The Hollywood Bowl website indicates that attendees’ phones were to be secured in Yondr devices,

which allow guests to keep their phones, but seals them off so they can’t be used.

which allow guests to keep their phones, but seals them off so they can’t be used.

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