Chris Redd says he is ‘ok and healing fast’ after New York City attack

Chris Redd says he’s “okay and therapeutic quick” after a stranger attacked him earlier this week in New York Metropolis.

The “Saturday Evening Stay” alum posted a well being replace Sunday on his Instagram story and vowed to reschedule “any reveals” he missed due to the incident. On Wednesday, an unknown assailant punched the comic within the face exterior the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village.

The New York Police Division instructed The Instances on Thursday that Redd sustained a laceration to his face and was transported by emergency medical companies to Bellevue Hospital, the place he was handled and launched. On the time, the suspect had not been recognized or apprehended.

“I’ve been resting up like loopy however I need to say thanks thanks thanks for all of the messages of affection, the jokes, and the priority!” Redd wrote Sunday on Instagram. “I’ll be again up speaking some good s— very quickly.”

Redd additionally denied experiences that his attacker “snatched” a sequence he was carrying round his neck through the encounter.

“Y’all will simply write something !!” he mentioned.

In keeping with his Fb web page, Redd was scheduled to carry out stand-up in New York Metropolis on Sunday, adopted by reveals in Tacoma, Wash. (Nov. 11-13), Rochester, N.Y. (Nov. 17-19), Springfield, Mo. (Dec. 2-3), and East Windfall, R.I. (Dec. 15-17).

In September, The Instances confirmed that Redd wouldn’t be returning for the forty eighth season of “Saturday Evening Stay.” The 37-year-old comedian — identified throughout his time on the present for his impressions of distinguished figures similar to New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams and rapper Kanye West — was amongst a number of veteran solid members to exit the long-running sketch comedy sequence after Season 47.

Earlier this month, the comedian launched a trailer for his comedy particular, “Why Am I Like This?,” which begins streaming Nov. 3 on HBO Max.