Dave Chappelle is revisiting a pivotal and sudden second from his previous, crediting Diddy with saving his life throughout the notorious onstage assault on the Hollywood Bowl.
In his new Netflix stand-up particular, Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…the comic addressed current backlash he’s obtained for expressing hope that Diddy would possibly “get off” amid his intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial. Chappelle instructed the viewers that his perspective is formed by a private expertise many individuals have forgotten.
“I was on stage not long ago in the States and people got mad because I said maybe Puff will get off,” Chappelle mentioned. “It’s not that I think Puff is right, but when I got attacked in L.A. at the Hollywood Bowl, people forget Puff was the guy that tackled my attacker. He saved my life.”
The incident Chappelle referenced occurred in 2022, when a person rushed the stage and attacked him throughout a efficiency. While safety struggled to reply rapidly, Chappelle claimed that Diddy instantly intervened.
“I had security that night, but they just wasn’t ready,” Chappelle joked. “They ran out, all them slipped and fell. Puffy got my attacker and tackled him.”
Chappelle then pivoted to darkish humor, tying the chaotic second to later headlines involving Combs. Referencing allegations that the mogul possessed massive portions of child oil that had been seized throughout federal raids, the comic leaned into absurdity.
“Years later, when I heard about that baby oil, I was like, what did those dudes slip on? A thousand bottles of baby oil,” Chappelle joked. “That’s a lot. It’s not illegal. It’s gross, but it’s not a crime.”
While Chappelle has beforehand joked about Diddy’s controversies in different routines, this phase made clear that acknowledging Diddy’s function in that second doesn’t excuse alleged habits, nevertheless it does complicate his emotions.
“That’s a hard dude to be mad at after that,” Chappelle mentioned.