Anything is fair game when you’re in Katt Williams’ world. It doesn’t matter if you’re a fan, a fired Target employee, or an alleged assistant looking for way more than she deserves in that lawsuit— anybody can get it.
Just ask Faizon Love.
To be clear, Williams has always been crazy, but back in the day it was kinda funny. A public breakdown is an unofficial prerequisite to becoming a true sensei of comedy. Our favorite funny men (and women?) earned their stripes because once they went crazy, their work seemed to get better.
That’s not the case here.
Instead of being sober enough to make fun of himself, the few times that Williams has attempted to take the stage, he’s mostly just gotten upset with anyone who breathes near him, and engages in nightly fights with his shadow when no one’s looking.
A video clip from his set in Oakland, Calif. showed the Ohio native unraveling as his fans sat in confusion and anger, triggering a typical crackhead exchange of screaming, and baseless threats (we’re not saying he’s a crackhead, but we heard that’s how they act).
Too see this man—a father of seven no less—in this state is terrible, but just in case you haven’t been keeping count of some of his greatest hits as of late, we put together a timeline.
Peep it.
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Photo: Madame Noire
Oct. 16: Williams pulls a gun out on comedian Faizon Love.
The struggle begins.
Oct. 21, 2012: Rocking a beanie to cover his new growth—but leaving his permed tips exposed— Williams is approached by TMZ. He denies the altercation with Love, plus calls him a “snitch and a rat.”
Nov. 9: A former assistant, Melissa Ishage, files a $5 million lawsuit against Williams claiming he attacked her on Oct. 6. Ishage alleges to have caught a fade so vicious that she was left with permanent damages.
Nov. 14: Williams is arrested for battery after breaking a bottle over an 18-year-old man’s head.
Nov. 15: Williams threatens to cancel his show after getting arrested.
Sometime around Nov. 14: Williams leads police on a pursuit via a three-wheeled motorcycle, sweating out his perm in the process.
Nov.16: Williams makes sh-t hella awkward at his Oakland show, rambling on about nonsense, and earns the title “Krack Williams.”
Fans stage a social media revolt, but he moves on to the next.
Nov. 18: Delvahn Mosley-Davis (victim of the Williams bottle-fade) files a lawsuit against the 39-year-old.
Sometime Around Nov. 21: Williams slaps up a Target employee in Woodland, Calif. He escapes on a low-speed store skooter.
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1: Williams skips his first show in Seattle, but pops up for the second night.
No one is excited.
Dec. 2: Williams is arrested after a bar fight in Seattle. Suge Knight bails him out.
Dec. 3: (Looking like Flavor Flav’s stunt double) Williams announces that he’s retiring from comedy.
The struggle has ended.
