Chris Redd Opens Up About Bloody Attack Outside NYC Comedy Club

04.11.2022 - 03:21 / perezhilton.com

Chris Redd is sharing all the details about his brutal attack!

As we reported, the 37-year-old comedian was outside of The Comedy Cellar in New York City before his set last week when two men approached him, and one of them suddenly sucker-punched him in the face. While the scary incident might have seemed pretty random, it turned out not to be a mugging, and witnesses claimed the duo had been waiting at the establishment for more than an hour. Whoa! But thankfully, Chris seemed to be doing better days after the ordeal as he updated fans on his condition over the weekend, saying:

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Now, one week after the attack, Chris is opening up about what went down for the first time! In a preview of his upcoming interview on The Last Laugh podcast, the Saturday Night Live alum says he walked to the club and sent a message to his cousin, who was at the Olive Tree Cafe above the venue. That is when the man just hit him with a metal object, causing enough damage to land him in the hospital. Chris recalled of the “surprise party of one fist”:

After being taken to Bellevue Hospital, the Kenan star found out he suffered two fractures in his nose, along with a fracture in his cheek. Chris also doesn’t think the incident was a mugging but instead a targeted attack, adding:

Chris said there had been so much blood following the assault that he wasn’t able to chase down the attacker – and no one else in the area tried to run after him either:

Ouch! While Chris was ready to jump on stage and joke around with the crowd about what just happened that night, he knew he needed to go to the hospital in order to get the bleeding taken care of:

However, Chris