Chris Redd is opening up about being attacked exterior a New York Metropolis comedy membership final month.
In a sneak peek on the “Saturday Evening Dwell” alum’s upcoming look on “The Final Chuckle” podcast, Redd shares his recollections of being assaulted why an unknown assailant whereas he was coming into The Comedy Cellar for a efficiency.
In accordance with Redd, he was unexpectedly met with a “shock occasion of 1 fist,” and corrected some incorrect reporting of the incident.
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“To begin with, I didn’t get out of a automobile. I walked there like all New Yorker, and so they simply added a variety of particulars,” Redd stated, as reported by Individuals, capturing down reviews he was attacked as he exited a automobile.
“I simply obtained accomplished texting my cousin who’s in Olive Tree [Cafe] above the [Comedy] Cellar, so I might go eat a few of his fries earlier than I obtained to hit the stage actual fast for my first set of three,” he continued.
“And as I put my cellphone in my pocket and continued to stroll as much as the Cellar, this man hit me within the face with one thing steel. I believed it was brass knuckles as a result of it reduce my nostril to the bone,” he stated.
As Redd defined, he’d “taken a punch within the face earlier than,” however this assault was considerably extra extreme.
“It wasn’t terrifying, however what was worrisome is how a lot blood was popping out of my face,” he stated.
“I obtained two fractures in my nostril and a fracture in my cheek, however you already know, a fist don’t usually do all of that at one time,” he defined.
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“So, it was protected to imagine I used to be hit with one thing. The dude who hit me ran off. I used to be simply sitting there, I fell down so quick I didn’t even know I fell till I appeared on the footage.”
As a result of he was “gushing blood” from his face, Redd wasn’t in a position to chase down his attacker earlier than being taken to a close-by hospital.
Had the bleeding not been so intense, Redd insisted that he would have carried out as deliberate. “If we might have stopped the bleeding, I’d have went on stage,” he stated.
Finally, Redd admitted, the incident is making its means into his stand-up comedy act.
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“As many jokes as some individuals have no one has as many jokes about this as I do,” he quipped.
The total podcast interview will probably be obtainable on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
In accordance with Individuals, the attacker has but to be recognized, and no arrests have been made.
