Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon & More Say Goodbye to "Saturday Night Live"

Chris Redd's latest nighttime retired is nary laughing matter.

The erstwhile Saturday Night Live star was taken to a section New York City infirmary connected Oct. 26 aft helium was allegedly attacked by a stranger.

New York Police Department confirmed to E! News that a 37-year-old antheral was struck successful the look astatine 9:40 p.m. extracurricular the Comedy Cellar successful Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood. The unfortunate was transported to Bellevue Hospital for injuries to his face. As of property time, nary arrests person been made and constabulary accidental it is an ongoing investigation.

TMZ obtained photos of an idiosyncratic who appears to beryllium Chris getting assistance for his bloody injuries. The comedian's information is chartless astatine this time. E! News has reached retired to Chris' squad for remark and has not heard back.

The incidental comes conscionable days earlier the 37-year-old's caller drama peculiar Why Am I Like This? is released connected HBO Max connected Nov. 3.

Before that, the comedian was a formed subordinate connected Saturday Night Live for 5 seasons. In September, Chris announced helium would not beryllium returning for play 48 successful the fall.

"Being a portion of SNL has been the acquisition of a lifetime," helium said successful a statement to E! News. "Five years ago, I walked into 30 Rock knowing that this was an astonishing accidental for growth. Now, with friends who person go household and memories I volition cherish forever, I'm grateful to Lorne Michaels and to the entire SNL organization."

During his clip connected the show, Chris became known for his impressions of Barack Obama and Kanye West. He besides won a 2018 Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for co-writing "Come Back Barack."