Highlights
- David Spade faced tough situations throughout his career such as being attacked by his assistant.
- He maintained a classy approach post-incident, refusing to bash the attacker and wishing him well.
- Spade also dealt with being attacked by a co-star, showing humility and focusing on the positive aspects of their relationship.
David Spade has been in some tough situations throughout his career. Eddie Murphy completely lost it on him after an SNL sketch, while he also had to deal with horrible guest-stars on SNL. We're looking at you, Steven Seagal.
Not only that, but Spade was actually attacked multiple times throughout his rise to fame. As he detailed with Howard Stern, one attack during Joe Dirt almost took his life.
We'll take a look back at that scary incident and why he was attacked by his assistant. In addition, we'll take a look at how Spade took the classy route after the incident, and another situation that saw Spade get attacked by a co-star.
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After Editing Joe Dirt, David Spade Was Attacked With Stun Gun By His Personal Assistant, David Warren
Credit to David Spade for speaking about the situation so candidly alongside Howard Stern during a Playboy Mansion interview back in 2001. Spade spoke about his assistant "Skippy" attacking him in his home. It was an incident that almost took Spade's life, and he wondered if he'd make it out of it.
At the time, Spade had finished shooting the cult-classic, Joe Dirt, and was spending several hours a day in the editing room. After a long day, Spade told Stern that things took a turn he could never have predicted.
Spade revealed, "The movie Joe Dirt, we were editing that day. Skippy and we edited the movie. Perfectly normal. I go to bed, 6 AM he's in my room. I got scared. He said the alarm company called. Then he punched me in the face and hit me with stun gun."
From that point on, it was all about escaping for Spade, who took several shots to the face from his assistant. Once he finally started to fight back, Warren's attack slowed down. Spade escaped a scary situation.
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Spade was a class act following the situation, as still, he refused to bash his assistant.
David Spade Took The Classy Way Out When Speaking About His Personal Assistant
Spade sent his regards to the attacker. According to Spade, Warren is a "good person." The actor said in his statement, "David Malloy was a good friend of mine for five years," Spade said in a statement. "I believe he is a good person who is obviously mentally troubled right now. I can only hope that he seeks the help he needs to get well. My heart goes out to him."
Police spokesperson Ed Kreins issued a statement of his own on the matter.
"He apparently, for no reason, unprovoked, attacked Mr. Spade with this particular weapon. After the [stun gun] attack, a physical altercation ensued for a period of time [until] Mr. Spade was able to get away from him and dial 911 and request assistance."
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A scary situation for Spade, but in truth, it wasn't the first time a larger individual went after him.
It Wasn't The Only Time David Spade Was Attacked
Speaking alongside Rob Lowe, Spade discussed the time he walked off a film set after being attacked by co-star, Chris Farley. The attack all stemmed from Spade going out with Lowe the night prior, and not extending Farley an invite.
Spade recalled the details of their fight. “How’s Rob Lowe?” Farley asked again. “How’s your precious Rob Lowe? How was drinks last night,” Farley asks. “Oh, is that what we’re getting at?” Spade asked. “It was fine. It was all right.” “So, you call f****** Rob Lowe, so you can have a little date with him, but you don’t call me?”
“I stand up and say, ‘Are we in a fight?’ And the [director says on the walkie-talkie], ‘Action!’ and [Farley and I] just stare at each other, and we turn and we walk in.”
Things only got worse from then on, as Farley attacked another crew member, looking to fight someone his size.
Once again, Spade took the humble approach, choosing to look back at the positives of his relationship with Chris Farley.
“Look, we had a blast,” Spade said. “All my memories of Tommy Boy were fun. It was stressful. It was hard. You wish you could enjoy how much the movie will be remembered at the time. But Tommy Boy, I hear about more than any other movie … We had great seats for Farley, so I love it. I’m just glad to be a part of something.”
Credit to Spade for constantly keeping a cool head despite such situations.
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