Dave Chappelle leaves Perth after a wild mob brawl amid the RAC Arena show

Comedian Dave Chappelle fled Perth on a private jet hours after his performance was abruptly cut short mid-show when a wild brawl broke out in the crowd.

Fans were reminded of how the controversial Emmy-winning comedian was performing at a packed RAC Arena on Thursday night when a commotion involving shouting and swearing broke out on an upper level in the back of the venue.

No footage of the wild scenes has surfaced as Chappelle has maintained a strict policy of not using phones in performances for at least six years.

Chappelle is understood to have been discussing how he was accosted by an audience member on stage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles nearly a year ago when all hell broke loose.

Chappelle was seen arriving at the hangar of a private jet at Perth airport early Friday after the drama-filled first concert of his Australia tour.

He was dressed casually in a black T-shirt, black pants, and white sneakers.

Chappelle will perform two shows at Sydney’s Olympic Park this weekend, several days after he was spotted meeting fans and taking selfies outside a Jamaican restaurant in Surry Hills city centre.

Fans at Thursday night’s performance praised Chappelle for his professionalism.

‘Dave Chappelle showed me that he is the GOAT in Perth tonight and an absolute professional. Shame some bogans in the crowd decided to have a fight midway through their performance,’ one man tweeted.

“What impressed me the most was how quickly he won the crowd back.”

Many in the confused crowd were unsure if the fight was real or part of Chappelle’s show.

“About halfway through the set, there was a lot of yelling and cussing and commotion coming from one of the upper levels in the back,” an attendee said. western australia.

“When he realized a fight had broken out, he made a joke about his shitty behaviour, before quickly moving on.

“It was an amazing show and luckily the fight didn’t ruin it. Dave Chappelle and the arena staff handled it very well.

Dave Chappelle (pictured at Perth airport on Friday) will perform two shows in Sydney

It is understood that it took security guards 10 minutes to break up the melee.

Chappelle will also do two shows in Melbourne next weekend before heading to Brisbane, followed by Auckland.

Tickets for their Sydney shows at Qudos Bank Arena start as low as $188.

Chapelle has previously explained the reasons behind his strict no-phones policy.

“I knew then that whatever I said in the room I was saying to everyone, whether they were in the room or not, which is not an empowering feeling as a comedian,” he told the American talk show Jimmy Kimmel in 2017.

It’s like Fight Club rules apply. What I’m telling you is that I prefer to leave it in the room.

“The other thing is that comedians need the element of surprise, so if someone sees the joke I’m doing before I get to that town, then I have to do all the new jokes and I couldn’t write fast enough.

“I say a lot of crazy things, it’s not malicious, but there you go.”

The controversial comedian (pictured) has a no-phone policy at his performances.

Chappelle sparked widespread backlash in 2021 over material from his Netflix comedy special ‘The Closer’ that some members of the LGBTQ+ community said ridiculed transgender people.

His followers saw it as a cry against canceling the culture.

The special even sparked a response from transgender star Caitlyn Jenner, who also defended the comedian for his comments.

In the special, Chappelle joked about women viewing trans women the same way black people view white women in blackface.

She also said that women have the right to feel anger towards trans women, as Jenner won Glamor magazine’s 2015 Woman of the Year award.

“I’d be crazy as shit if it was a woman,” Chappelle said sarcastically in a moment that had been considered problematic.

American comedian Dave Chappelle is currently on tour in Australia and New Zealand.