Katt Williams needs help

Angry fans demanded refunds after comedian Katt Williams’ show Friday night at Oracle Arena disintegrated into chaos, with Williams delivering rambling monologues devoid of jokes and being dragged off by his own security after he challenged a heckler to fight.

Williams was already facing legal trouble over his stop in Oakland, with police arresting him in connection with a Wednesday night brawl aboard a tour van and the man he allegedly assaulted promptly suing for damages.

After Friday night’s show, angry comments from fans poured in on Facebook and Twitter, with some complaining that Williams’ show had ended after 10 minutes. Many said they expected a refund; ticket prices ranged from $33 to $94, plus service fees.

“It was the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” said Erick Lucero, who was working on the arena floor as a security guard. “The whole show went really well (before Williams’ main set). … It was a packed house, and everyone was really satisfied with the show” up to that point.

The show, which was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m., started about an hour late, according to Christopher Douglas, 22, who came to Oakland from American Canyon. Williams came on stage briefly to start the show, tossed a Frisbee to the audience and told a few jokes about the election before introducing the opening acts.

“He was joking like he does in all four DVDs of his that I own,” said Douglas, a magnetic inspector at Pacific

Steel in Berkeley who was seeing Williams live for the first time. “I thought it was going to be a normal Katt Williams show.”

After the opening performances by fellow comedians and a couple of songs by Oakland rapper Too $hort, Williams took the stage about 10:40 p.m., Douglas said.

The comedian joked about selling out the arena, something he said the Golden State Warriors couldn’t do. An audience member asked about the Wednesday night brawl, and Williams said he had been released because even Oakland police were fans.

About seven or eight minutes after Williams took the stage for his set, Lucero said, he “started acting weird,” taking off his shirt and sweating profusely. Douglas said he quickly transitioned into his familiar closing bit, rattling off his various nicknames before leaving the stage.

source: Mercury News

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14 Comments

  1. It was sad and embarrassing. It’s obvious he has a substance abuse problem that has gotten WAY out of control!

  2. Someone needs to get him hooked up with the psychologists from Oprah to fix his life.

  3. Terrible. smh at his association with suge Knight. This won’t end well if he doesn’t get help

  4. This ish right here is classic. I lov’d it. Classic

  5. Not surprised he did the same bs in Chicago about 4 years ago

  6. What’s wrong with dude. He s disturbed

  7. Wow. I didn’t know he had a substance abuse problem.

  8. Behind every comedian is a very dark, sometimes painful past. That’s how they cope with their reality: by finding humor in it. Katt Williams is no exception. Even in his stand-up…you can hear his pain. We just found it funny that he’s in an enviornment where cocaine is done out in the open. We hollered on the floor laughing when he smoked weed with Snoop. Katt needs serious help and has needed it for years. Not just for him, but for his children. He has like 8 or 9 kids (all adopted except one) and as far as I know, he’s a single father. He’s gotta get rid of the enablers in his life.

    • He need to get rid of Suge Knight the Grim Reaper for Black folks. He will be dead in 3 mos he keep kicking it with him. End up just like Pac.

    • @Tiffany: “Behind every comedian is a very dark, sometimes painful past.”

      very true…i hope kat gets help…if he wasn’t famous, he could be on an episode of intervention. He and Lindsey Lohan need to get away from their enablers and the environment they are in and they need to get HELP and not at those places that cater to overprivileged rich kids and celebrities.

  9. This guy need serious help and he will eventually die like all the others from his addiction. He could be saved, but he has to want recovery.

  10. Wow! He’s scheduled to perform in my city next month, now I’m not sure if I want to purchase tickets. I hope that he gets help. I think he’s a great comedian.

  11. omg…where have i been? I didn’t know he had a substance abuse problem at all. :/

  12. he has bi polar disorder and drug’s are just making it worse

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