‘SNL’ Alum Chris Redd Allegedly Attacked in NYC: Particulars

UPDATE 10/31 9:20 a.m. ET

Redd gave followers an replace on his restoration after the incident, thanking those that despatched well-wishes his method. “I’ve been resting up like loopy however I wish to say thanks thanks thanks for all of the messages of affection, the jokes, and the priority,” he wrote through his Instagram Story on Sunday, October 30, noting that he was “therapeutic quick.”

The comic went on to deal with his plans for upcoming performances and debunked a rumor that his jewellery was stolen in the course of the assault. “For any reveals I missed, I’ll be placing again on the schedule so in the event you purchased tickets SIT TIGHT AND I GOT YOU. I’ll be up and speaking some good s–t very quickly,” he added. “Additionally…..NOBODY SNATCHED MY CHAIN BRO!!! Y’ALL WILL JUST WRITE ANYTHING.”

Authentic story beneath: 

Saturday Evening Stay alum Chris Redd was allegedly attacked on Wednesday, October 26, in New York Metropolis.

A Deputy Commissioner Public Data spokesperson advised Us Weekly that the NYPD responded to a “name of a male assaulted in entrance of the Comedy Cellar” in Greenwich Village. Upon the police’s arrival, the “responding officers found a 37-year-old male sufferer with a laceration to his face.”

In line with the spokesperson, a preliminary investigation decided that the sufferer arrived in entrance of the situation in a automobile. Upon exiting the automobile, an unknown particular person approached and punched the sufferer within the face earlier than fleeing. The sufferer was taken to Bellevue Hospital the place he was handled and launched.

The comic, 37, was scheduled to carry out a set on the comedy membership that very same night.

“I’m in New York doing reveals so pull up with y’all attractive asses!!,” Redd tweeted on Tuesday, October 25. “And stream the hell out of my particular Nov third on @hbomax.”

The Emmy winner is finest identified for engaged on SNL for 5 years. He introduced his exit from the present in September.

“Being part of SNL has been the expertise of a lifetime,” he advised Selection in an announcement on the time. “5 years in the past, I walked into 30 Rock figuring out that this was a tremendous alternative for development. Now, with associates who’ve change into household and recollections I’ll cherish endlessly, I’m grateful to Lorne Michaels and to the whole SNL group. From the underside of my coronary heart, I can’t thanks all sufficient.”

After his departure, a supply solely advised Us in September that Redd began relationship his former costar Kenan Thompson’s ex-wife, Christina Evangeline. Thompson and the mannequin, 33, introduced their break up in April after 11 years of marriage. They’re mother and father of daughters Georgia, 7, and Gianna, 4.

“Christina and Chris began relationship the start of this 12 months,” the insider mentioned concerning the new romance, including that the pair met “earlier than [Chris] began doing SNL” and have been associates for years. “They’ve at all times been very shut. He was there for her final 12 months by means of among the hardest instances of her life. … She appears to be the happiest she’s ever been. Her relationship with Chris is nice and it’s regular.”

Thompson and Redd labored carefully collectively whereas on the late-night NBC present, and the pair additionally appeared on Thompson’s sitcom, Kenan. The previous coworkers seem to stay on good phrases regardless of Redd’s new relationship.

“Conversations had been had and everybody of their circle knew concerning the relationship previous to the information being launched,” the supply mentioned. “Kenan’s relationship different folks [too]. He needs her happiness.”