🚨 “They Tried to KILL Me!” – Katt Williams Exposes the Setup Behind Wanda Smith Roast, Dave Chappelle DEFENDS Him 😱🔫

In the world of comedy, there are moments that become legend.

Richard Pryor confessing his demons.

Chappelle walking away from $50 million.

And now, Katt Williams’ takedown of Wanda Smith on live radio in 2018 has joined those ranks—for better or worse.

It was the roast heard ‘round the world.

But behind the laughs, the viral memes, and the awkward giggles, was something darker—a confrontation that nearly ended in bloodshed, and an aftermath that Dave Chappelle says shows exactly what’s wrong

with today’s culture of outrage.

Let’s rewind.

It’s September 2018.

Katt Williams, already a decorated comedian with an Emmy in hand, stops by V-103’s Frank and Wanda in the Morning with fellow comic Red Grant to promote upcoming shows.

What should’ve been a friendly promo spot turned into the most-watched meltdown in Atlanta radio history.

At first, it was classic Katt: observational, witty, sharp.

But then host Wanda Smith took a swing—and that’s when everything unraveled.

A simple back-and-forth about broccoli and parenting escalated into a brutal roast session that left Wanda visibly rattled and the internet gasping for air between laugh attacks.

Katt didn’t just win—he eviscerated her, line by line, clapback by clapback.

But this wasn’t just jokes.

According to Katt, Wanda broke a behind-the-scenes agreement.

Before going live, she’d promised not to bring up his legal battles or his children.

But when the Tiffany Haddish conversation came up—and Katt questioned why the industry was fast-tracking someone he felt hadn’t earned it—Wanda jumped in hard, digging into his parenting and jail time.

Katt’s response? Classic defense-through-destruction.

He roasted her back—and then some.

At one point, Wanda tried to shame him over his hair, calling him “Lil Mama.

” Katt’s response? “I’m Lil Mama’s baby daddy.

” It was relentless.

Wanda tried to keep up, but the crowd—and the moment—was against her.

And then the line was crossed.

Wanda’s husband allegedly showed up later that evening—with a gun.

Security footage from the Atlanta Comedy Theater shows Katt backing away while Wanda and her husband stand near the entrance.

Moments later, her husband, Lamorris Sellers, appears on camera chasing Katt into a grocery store parking lot—with what looks like a weapon in hand.

The altercation was so real that police got involved.

Lamorris claimed he didn’t point the gun, only that it “fell” while he ran after Katt.

But TMZ’s footage told another story—a man brandishing a firearm over a comedy bit.

To Katt, this wasn’t just a family defending pride—it was an attempted setup.

In a 2024 interview with Club Shay Shay, he broke his silence: “They tried to kill me.

Not with jokes.

With a real gun.

On camera.

Over broccoli?”

And Dave Chappelle agrees.

Chappelle, no stranger to controversy himself, said the backlash against Katt is the exact type of manufactured outrage that’s killing comedy.

“Comedy,” he said, “is the last place you can use everything you know—what you think, what you believe.

Use it.

Don’t be afraid.

Say it anyway.”

He compared the attacks on Katt to his own cancelation attempts over trans jokes.

According to Chappelle, what happened to Katt wasn’t just a viral moment—it was a warning.

That even if you’re doing your job—making people laugh—someone, somewhere will try to end you if you hit the wrong nerve.

But the story gets even stranger.

Months after the roast, Wanda Smith was fired from V-103.

The station never gave a clear reason, but speculation ran wild.

Many pointed to her on-air comments using “Lil Mama” as a veiled homophobic jab at Katt.

And in Atlanta’s massive LGBTQ+ community, that didn’t sit well.

Katt himself later said that trying to insult someone by calling them “gay” doesn’t just reflect ignorance—it alienates the very community Wanda’s show was built on.

“She tried to embarrass me in front of a largely homosexual fanbase,” Katt explained.

“But gay people don’t use ‘gay’ as an insult.

So why were you trying to?”

Still, some fans believe Katt went too far.

When he recently apologized for past jokes about Michael Jackson, critics called it performative.

“If you can apologize to MJ’s family,” one tweet read, “you can apologize to Wanda Smith’s.”

But Katt didn’t.

Not when she got fired.

Not when she died in October 2024—just one day after her 58th birthday.

And now, critics are using his silence as ammo, accusing him of everything from cruelty to career sabotage.

But others see it differently.

“This man almost got murdered over a punchline,” one fan wrote.

“And now you want him to apologize? When’s Wanda’s husband apologizing for pulling a gun?”

Because here’s what we know: Katt never laid a hand on Wanda.

Never called her out of her name.

Never threatened her.

He used words.

She used personal attacks.

Her husband used a gun.

And now, with cancel culture reaching fever pitch, Dave Chappelle’s warning rings louder than ever.

“The audience,” he once said, “has become the most fragile group of people I’ve ever tried to entertain.”

Katt’s roast was brutal, no doubt.

But it was comedy.

It wasn’t a threat.

And as Chappelle points out, if we can’t laugh at the tension, we’re left choking on silence.

So as the internet spins its wheels again—searching for something else to be offended by—maybe it’s time to pause.

Katt Williams didn’t destroy Wanda Smith.

She took a shot.

He fired back.

And when the audience laughed, the system tried to shut him down.

But this wasn’t just a joke gone too far.

It was a career moment weaponized into a smear campaign.

A setup.

A near-death experience.

And a tragic ending that—ironically—was never about comedy at all.