Katt Williams cuts Indianapolis comedy show short: Couple explains the date night melee
A date night for an Indiana couple turned into a bloody brawl that cut short comedian Katt Williamsôôֱ sold-out show at Indiana Farmers Coliseum last weekend.
The show was stopped Saturday night after the fight broke out in the upper level of the venue.
James Herron told IndyStar he and his wife, Tierra, were on their way out of the venue to avoid the very confrontation with a couple of men that ended the show.
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Herron said he looked back to see one of the men taking a swing at his wife.
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ôôֱBy the time I got down there, everything was going left. I tried to get her out of there,ôôֱ he said. ôôֱHe came around, and once a punch was thrown that was that.ôôֱ
Williams could be heardôôֱ in one to social media calling it quits after the melee.
ôôֱThank yôôֱall for coming. God bless you. Have a good night,ôôֱôôֱ he said.
The crowd was audibly upset. And many posted their disappointment online.
It all started with a group of men being raucous and making a section uncomfortable, Herron said.
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Earlier in the night, well before Williams took the stage, a man sitting in the row in front of Herron was consistently invading his personal space, he said. Because the seats were so close, the back of the manôôֱs head in the row in front of Herron would be close to Herronôôֱs lap whenever he leaned back.
ôôֱI tapped him and Iôôֱm like, ôôֱHey man Iôôֱm not trying to stop your good time; but can you please stop putting your head in my lap?ôôֱôôֱ Herron said.
Herron, 35, said the man responded with a dismissive gesture; and he walked to concessions to keep calm.
The guyôôֱs friend though encouraged the man to fight Herron, he said.
ôôֱHe said, ôôֱYou should really knock him out,ôôֱ Herron said. ôôֱI couldn't pay attention to Katt Williamsôôֱôôֱperformance because of everything; it kept going on. I wasnôôֱt sitting there arguing with him The guy was trying to irritate me.ôôֱ
But Tierra Herron, also 35,ôôֱurged her husband to keep cool, and they decided to leave the show, he said. They figured they could watch the last part of Williamsôôֱ set from the televisions places along the way out of the venue.
ôôֱMy wife was like, ôôֱBaby, weôôֱve got kids. Letôôֱs go,ôôֱ Herron said.
On the way out though, he said, he looked back and saw one of the men, the one who had encouraged his friend to strike Herron, attempt to hit his wife. Herron doubled back and the fight was full on.ôôֱ Tierra Herronôôֱgot in between her husband and the man, fearing they were too close to the balcony railing and calling for them to stop fighting.ôôֱ The man, who by then had a bloodied nose,ôôֱintentionally wiped the blood on her face, she said.
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The couple first interacted with the men when guest MoôôֱNique was doing her set, Herron said.ôôֱ
He said a group exiting the Herronsôôֱ row when the couple arrived had warned them about the men in the row ahead, and a couple next to the men had complained to security about being bumped and made uncomfortable by the menôôֱs behavior. Security told the men ôôֱ there were four of them ôôֱ to stop bothering other attendees. The men countered that they were not being rude and they were the ones being insulted, he said; then security left the area.
ôôֱI donôôֱt know why security didnôôֱtôôֱdismiss them the first time,ôôֱ Tierra Herron said. She said she broke the heel of her shoe and bruised her thigh in the incident.
The Plainfield couple ôôֱ he works in construction and she is a bus driver ôôֱôôֱwere looking to keep their evening outôôֱas long they could that night.
ôôֱWe tried to stay as long as possible because we were on a date night,ôôֱ she said ôôֱWe have three kids. We have jobs,, as well. And that was the first time my husband planned a date for me without me helping.ôôֱ
Such violence,ôôֱ Heron said, is not in his nature.
ôôֱI will ignore people being completely out of control until you get in my face,ôôֱ he said.
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After seeing an outcry on social media from fellow show goers unhappy with the show being cut short due to a fight, Herron took to his platforms to explain in now deleted posts.
ôôֱWeôôֱre here for a show and people pay their money for this, so I thought I should at least apologize; and at the same time give an account and tell people what was going on,ôôֱ he told IndyStar. ôôֱIt was eating at me. I told my wife I had to say something.ôôֱ
that reps for Katt Williams said the show was cut only five minutes early.
Herron said they gave statement to police at the scene. IMPD and Indiana State Police on Monday told IndyStar they had no record of the incident.
Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.jackson@indystar.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on X.com:ôôֱ.