Joe Rogan \u201cworried\u201d about comedians after Dave Chappelle attack YouTube\/JREComedian and UFC commentator Joe Rogan discussed the attack on Dave Chappelle on his podcast, explaining why he\u2019s concerned about more of these incidents happening in the future. On May 3, legendary comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during a Netflix festival. The comedian was unharmed and security rushed the stage shortly thereafter, delivering a beatdown on the suspect, who allegedly used a weird gun-like knife during the attack. Police charged 23-year-old Isaiah Lee with several misdemeanors, but prosecutors dropped a felony assault with a deadly weapon charge, causing Rogan to speak out. Footage of the attacker leaving by ambulancepic.twitter.com\/9sqXbjJkSm \u2014 Dexerto (@Dexerto) May 4, 2022 Joe Rogan slams prosecutors following Dave Chappelle attack On Instagram, Rogan took issue with the fact prosecutors dropped the felony charges, commenting how the situation was \u201cnever good.\u201d \u201cWhen you see that a person commits a clear crime, and does it to one of the most loved performers alive, and does it in a very high profile public setting, and it gets captured on video, and you don\u2019t charge that person for what they obviously did, it\u2019s the kind of thing that makes people lose faith in law enforcement,\u201d he wrote. On his podcast, Joe further addressed the attack, saying he spoke with Dave and he was fine, but expressed concern that more attacks could be coming for other comedians in the future. View this post on Instagram Joe Rogan blames Will Smith for Dave Chappelle attack \u201cWe live in strange times,\u201d the JRE host said. \u201cThe Chris Rock thing, that\u2019s one of the things I was worried about, I was like, \u2018are people thinking they\u2019re going to start smacking comedians now?\u2019\u201d This was a reference to the most recent Oscars event where Will Smith got on stage and slapped Chris Rock for a joke he made about Will\u2019s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. (segment begins at 2:25 for mobile users) \u201cWhat I\u2019m worried about is people think it\u2019s justified,\u201d Rogan added before going off on reasons why someone might think it\u2019s okay to attack a comedian. Hopefully, Joe\u2019s concerns remain just that and we don\u2019t end up seeing more comedians attacked on stage just because they told a joke someone didn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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