Isaiah Lee, the man who attacked Dave Chappelle on stage during his comedy show has come out to blame Will Smith for his violent act.
In an interview with the New York Post, Isaiah Lee stated that Will Smith’s slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars was his motivation, adding that the joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s alopecia was a tasteless jab.
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At the 2022 Oscar awards Will Smith, pulled a stunt by slapping Chris Rock after taking offense to a joke made about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Lee, an aspiring rapper, said that while he felt Rock was out of line with the “G.I Jane” joke he made at Pinkett Smith’s expense, speaking to hair loss from alopecia, ultimately Smith was “standing up for his wife,” and that action is what inspired him to do the same for those Lee felt Chappelle offended with his commentary surrounding the LGBTQ and homeless communities.
“I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect,” Lee claimed, according to The Post.
“I wanted Dave Chappelle and people to know that these are things you need to be more sensitive about and not joke about.”
“I’m not going to lie… it was a bit of clout-chasing,” said the rapper before reportedly further claiming:
“In Hollywood, you know they say there is no such thing as bad publicity. I rap about these things in my music and knew it would get attention.”
Lee claims the act has since gotten him some pull inside the Will Smith correctional facility where he is being housed and other inmates often ask if he is the man who tackled Chappelle.
“They come up to me and ask, ‘Hey, are you the guy who went up to Dave Chappelle?’’ Lee said, adding. “I feel safer here right now than being outside because I’m going to need to find and hire security.”
“They were stomping on me all over and on my ribs and said, ‘Are you stupid, kid? Why the hell did you do that?’” Lee recalled.
“I couldn’t say anything. They kept kicking me. For a few days, it was hard for me to breathe. At one point, someone spit on me, but I don’t know who.”
“Just because you are bipolar, it doesn’t stop you from… reaching success,” Lee added.
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