The previous 'SNL' castmember was punched by an unknown particular person Wednesday evening after exiting a automobile outdoors the Comedy Cellar, in line with police.
Former Saturday Night time Dwell star Chris Redd was assaulted close to a New York comedy membership Wednesday evening.
The 37-year-old comic and actor was punched by an unknown assailant outdoors the Comedy Cellar after arriving on the venue, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
A preliminary investigation decided that the assault came about after Redd exited a automobile outdoors the entrance of the membership. That’s when the performer was approached by an unknown particular person “with out prior dialog or provocation,” in line with the NYPD spokesperson, and punched within the face. The person fled the situation and Redd was left with a laceration to his face.
After EMS arrived on the scene, Redd was taken to an space hospital the place he was handled after which launched.
THR has reached out to reps for Redd and the Comedy Cellar.
Redd is scheduled to carry out on the Comedy Cellar as a part of a collection of night exhibits, together with three Thursday, Oct. 27. He’s additionally at the moment scheduled for an Oct. 30 present at Metropolis Vineyard.
Earlier this fall, Redd introduced his departure from Saturday Night time Dwell forward of the premiere of its forty eighth season.
He was amongst eight castmembers to depart in one of many largest forged turnovers within the present’s historical past. Additionally exiting previous to the present season have been Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and featured participant Aristotle Athari.
Redd first joined the present through the 2017-2018 season as a featured participant earlier than being promoted to the principle forged in 2019. Throughout his time on the present, his work on the track “Come Again Barack” earned him an Emmy for excellent music and lyrics in 2018. He shared that honor with fellow lyricists Kenan Thompson and Will Stephen, in addition to composer Eli Brueggemann.
Exterior of SNL, Redd appeared within the NBC collection Kenan and the Peacock collection Bust Down. His new HBO Max comedy particular, Chris Redd: Why Am I Like This?, is ready to debut Nov. 3.