Comedian Chris Redd was sucker-punched in the face with brass knuckles.
An unknown assailant attacked Redd outside Comedy Cellar in New York City on Wednesday night. Redd ended up being hospitalized and it turns out the attacker used the illegal weapon.
Sources close to Redd said, “The attack left him with two black eyes and a gash on his nose, that ended up requiring stitches. He was treated at Bellevue Hospital and released shortly thereafter.”
Redd is currently working with the police to help identify suspects using surveillance footage accrued by authorities.
Redd had been hanging outside the famed MacDougal Street club, where he was planning to perform a 15-minute set, when a man approached him around 9:30 p.m. and hit him out of nowhere.
Sources said, “There was blood everywhere.”
Insiders said the men had been outside the club for about an hour before the attack.
Some believe the attacked has to do with Redd, 37, dating Kenan Thompson’s estranged wife, Christine Evangeline. However, there is nothing to suggest that Thompson was personally involved in the incident.
Redd quit “SNL” in September, shortly before his relationship with Evangeline was revealed.
That’s a shame. I guess their were no hammers.