'SNL' Star Chris Redd Undergoing Surgery After Attack - TMZ

'SNL' Star Chris Redd Getting Surgery for Busted Nose After Bloody NYC Attack

11/15/2022 12:50 AM PT

Chris Redd is astir to participate the last signifier of betterment aft his brutal onslaught successful NYC ... and this 1 volition necessitate him to spell nether the knife.

Sources adjacent to the 'SNL' prima archer TMZ ... Chris is scheduled to acquisition country Tuesday successful the Big Apple to decorativeness the occupation of permanently repairing his busted nose. Now that it's been a mates weeks since the archetypal wounded -- and the swelling's gone down -- our sources accidental a doc volition person a wide presumption to fig retired however to hole it.

We're told the process volition dwell of breaking Chris's chemoreceptor backmost into the close spot ... and past letting it each heal successful hopes the operation returns to its archetypal form. There's a batch of harm ... remember, 1 of the bones successful Chris' look was cracked into 3 pieces.

Our sources accidental he'll beryllium nether wide anesthesia for astir 2-3 hours, and a integrative surgeon who specializes successful this benignant of happening volition beryllium overseeing the operation. While it mightiness dependable cosmetic, we're told Chris isn't aiming to alteration thing astir his appearance.

Remember, this each started aft a feline punched Chris successful the look with brass knuckles successful a failed effort to bargain his chain. It near the comic successful atrocious shape, with stitches successful spot arsenic a impermanent fix. No arrests person been made and cops are inactive looking for the assailant.

Although he's been recovering well, we're told this latest roadblock volition postpone much shows of his, adjacent though our sources accidental Chris is anxious to get backmost connected the stage.