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US COMEDIAN Dave Chappelle was tackled on stage during his show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Footage showed a man charging on to the stage and tackling Chappelle. The comedian was dragged off by security. Chappelle was performing at a new 11-day comedy festival, Netflix is a Joke. Chappelle’s Netflix comedy special The Closer was criticised last year by some who saw it as ridiculing transgender people. The onstage altercation comes a month after actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars. Rock came on stage after the attack and joked: “Was that Will Smith?”