Dave Chappelle expressed his gratitude to friends who 'beat up' an armed man who tried to attack the comic during his Hollywood Bowl show Tuesday, audio obtained by DailyMail.com reveals.
In the audio, recorded at an afterparty, Chappelle can be heard saying that he 'felt good' when a friend broke his 23-year-old attacker Isaiah Lee's arm.
Talking about the Tuesday scare, which could have proven fatal as Lee was carrying a replica gun with a knife attached to it, Chappelle joked in his on-brand lighthearted nature.
'I felt good. My friends broke his arm. I felt good. how bad does a n***** have to be that Joe Stewart would stomp him!' [inaudible] 'I'm very proud of [inaudible],' Chappelle says.
Lee attacked Chappelle onstage during the 'Netflix Is A Joke' Festival. He was later subdued by security, and according to Chappelle's afterparty audio, friends of the comedian who were also onstage.
At the time of the attack, Chappelle was thanking earlier guests Chris Rock, Leslie Jones and Jon Stewart, who Chappelle references in the audio.
A grateful Chappelle credited his friends for Lee's badly injured arm said that 'killing that n**** would have been stupid.'
'I couldn't believe that they were my friends because it's is good and what they do get out. It's all a luminary right now, you should listen,' he said.
'Those are very powerful friends and I'm sharing [this night] with people I love very much.'
Dave Chappelle (pictured in October) expressed his gratitude to friends who 'beat up' an armed man who tried to attack the comic during his Hollywood Bowl show Tuesday
In audio obtained by DailyMail.com, Chappelle can be heard thanking his friends and asking ' how bad does a n***** have to be that Joe Stewart (pictured left in April) would stomp him?'
A grateful Chappelle credited his friends for Isaiah Lee's badly injured arm
Chappelle's attack comes as comedians have become increasingly worried by recent reports of attacks on performing comics in the aftermath of Will Smith's infamous slap to Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards.
Comedy club owners are concerned that the highly publicized Oscars incident has made performers easy targets.
'It's a sad, sad thing happening right now,' Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada Masada, told Fox News Digital.
'People are going on the stage just trying to make a name for themselves ... And I think what Will Smith did actually encouraged the violence and that's a horrible thing.'
Comedian Tehran Von Ghasri, who performs at the Laugh Factory and saw Lee's attack unfold during Chappelle's show in the VIP section, echoed Masada's feelings.
'I don't think the security had time. I expressed, ''At least keep your eye on them,'' to which, to be honest, the security dismissed my concern,' Ghasri claimed.
The owner of Stand Up New York comedy club, Dani Zoldan also agreed that many comics do not feel safe in the fallout of Smith's slap.
'I feel like there was an invisible fence around comedians, right? People just didn't breach the invisible fence. Comedians can make jokes whether they were offensive or not. People didn't attack the stage,' Zoldan also told Fox.
'They were always heckling and actions were taken by clubs when people heckled – they would be given a warning, they would be thrown out of the club. But never did we see before what happened at the Oscars ... That was just insane.'
At the time of the attack, Chapelle was thanking earlier guests Chris Rock, Leslie Jones and Jon Stewart
On Wednesday, Chappelle broke his silence on being attacked during his Hollywood Bowl show, saying that he 'refuses' to let it overshadow his show and that he is working with the police to bring his attacker to justice.
The comedian released a statement on Wednesday afternoon to say the incident on Tuesday night was 'unfortunate' but not what he wanted to remember from the event.
'Dave Chappelle celebrated four nights of comedy and music, setting record-breaking sales for a comedian at the Hollywood Bowl... he refuses to allow last night's incident to overshadow the magic of this historic moment,' a spokesperson said.
'As unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show.'
After Isaiah Lee, 23, attacked him on stage, Chappelle joked: 'It was a trans man'.
He had been talking about having to beef up his security in the wake of sparking controversy with his comments about trans people last year when Lee stormed the stage.
Despite the fact someone had just tried to attack him with a knife, critics are now accusing Chappelle of transphobia again for making the joke.
It remains unconfirmed what Lee's motives were.
His brother told Rolling Stone that he has mental health problems and has some connection to the trans community, but it's not clear what that is.
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Attacked all over again: Chappelle was slammed for joking it was a 'trans man' who had come for him on stage
Lee was then tackled by security guards who appeared to break his arm in the melee. He is described as weighing 140lbs and is 5ft 11.
It raises questions about security at the Netflix show, its first ever live comedy festival, which forced fans to put their phones away but failed to spot the weapon.
In a statement, the company declined to say what kind of security was in place at the venue.
A spokesman told DailyMail.com: 'We care deeply about the safety of creators and we strongly defend the right of stand-up comedians to perform on stage without fear of
