New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was with Dave Chappelle later in the night after the comedian was tackled onstage, calling the attack “horrific” but added that Chappelle was handling it in his typical manner.
Adams, who was participating in a Milken Institute panel in Los Angeles on Wednesday, said that the incident at the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival harkens back to “some of the mental health crises we’re facing,” while calling it “unbelievable” that someone would do such a thing.
“Violence is unacceptable. Thank God there was a response to make sure that he wasn’t injured seriously,” the mayor said. “It was horrific to
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