Chris Redd out of hospital after street attack, weekend show canceled

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Comedian Chris Redd, who was attacked outside the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village on Wednesday night, has been released from the hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported.The club said in a statement that “the show has been cancelled due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict.” Deadline also reached out to Redd’s rep and will add any comment received.He was also scheduled to perform at the Comedy Cellar on Thursday but, according to the club’s owner Noam Dworman, the comedian was still recovering.Per to multiple reports, Redd was cold-cocked by a male assailant on Wednesday night as he approached the front door of the club, where he was scheduled to perform.There is no known motive for the assault, which police characterized as occurring “without prior conversation or provocation.” The former Saturday Night Live castmember was left with a facial laceration and later admitted to a local hospital."

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