World's oldest female comedian, 89, is sucker punched in random attack in crime-ridden city

An 89-year-old entertainer, who's been dubbed 'the world's oldest moving female comedian,' was viciously sucker-punched successful a random onslaught successful Greenwich Village. 

Last Wednesday, D'yan Forest was stepping to her gym astir 9 am, erstwhile a female alien came up to her and struck her successful nan look connected nan area of Seventh Avenue South and West 11th Street.

The unit of nan convulsive rustle caused Forest, who has performed alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Joan Rivers, to autumn to nan ground, and soon after, nan assailant fled nan scene. 

'I'm just opinionated astatine nan area waiting to transverse pinch nan light,' Forest, who will move 90 adjacent month, told nan New York Post. 

'I'm smiling and I’m happy, I had my coffee. And each of a sudden, a immense wallop deed my eye.' 

Forest was stunned by really powerful nan onslaught was. 

'I didn’t cognize what it was. It could’ve been a lamppost, it deed maine that hard. So I fell down.'

Before nan chartless female attacked Forest, she stomped a bum person, according to nan comedian.

After nan assailant brutally struck nan 89-year-old, she stood complete her and scowled astatine her victim, who tried pinch awesome trouble to spot retired of her injured eye. 

'I looked astatine a female successful beforehand of maine and I thought she was going to travel thief maine up because I’m lying connected nan crushed successful shock,' Forest told nan Post.

'She gave a scowling look astatine maine and past ran correct ahead. So I conjecture she was nan perpetrator,' nan comedian continued.

According to nan NYPD, nan assailant past fled nan scene, hurrying westbound connected Bank Street. 

At this time, nan fishy still remains astatine large. 

Right aft she'd been punched, Forest instantly started to interest astir really her wounded mightiness impact her 90th day show, which is scheduled for July 29 astatine Joe's Pub successful NoHo.

'The first point that came [over maine was], Oh my God, my show, my show!' she said. She added: 'I don't want to person a missing eye!' 

'Afterwards, group came complete to thief maine up,' Forest said to nan Post. 

'I couldn’t spot retired of my near eye, and I was petrified successful shock. And I kept saying to them, "Is my oculus still there?"'

Fortunately, nan comedian's oculus was intact, but it was successful bad shape.

From nan segment of nan incident, she was rushed to nan hospital, wherever she spent a fewer hours recovering, earlier she near to be a rehearsal for an upcoming performance.

I walked out, I did my rehearsal,' nan 89-year-old said. 

'Of course, my head said, "You look horrible." Just what I need. Because I hadn’t really seen myself,' she said.

By Thursday, nan bruise connected her oculus was hardly conspicuous, but she explained that her humor vessels still request clip to recover.

The attack, though, had psychological, arsenic good arsenic physical, consequences for nan aged comedian.

'I [was] benignant of shook and I didn’t want to talk astir it for a mates of days,' she said.

She initially felt 'whatever it is, it's my fault.'

Since nan sadistic assault, she has besides go much circumspect and tense erstwhile stepping nan streets that are acquainted to her.

'It’s a small crazy, Like, "Is that personification going to scope up and deed me?"' she said.

If she had nan opportunity to speak pinch NYC Mayor Eric Adams, she said she would request him to lick nan homeless-and-mental-health situation that's crushing nan city.

'I would opportunity this is what is happening now...There are much homeless, mentally sick bum connected nan street, and moreover successful my precious Village.'

Forest, who has lived successful nan aforesaid building connected West 10th Street since 1966, explained that what she's witnessing now is an wholly caller phenomenon.

'This is what I’ve noticed this summer. Just get these group disconnected nan streets. Get them help… truthful 90-year-old aged ladies won’t beryllium socked!'

Forest's sentiments echo those of galore New Yorkers, who interest that convulsive and unprovoked crimes are ruining nan city. 

Until this summer, nan comedian had felt unafraid successful her beloved New York City.

'There's been a batch of bum sitting astir successful my area,' she said, earlier adding, 'this ne'er happened.'

Forest was calved adjacent Boston successful 1934 and started performing aft her matrimony grounded successful 1962. Later, she moved to Paris, wherever she began headlining cabaret clubs. 

Her profession has spanned half-a-century, and she has shared nan shape pinch stars for illustration Jim Gaffigan and Drew Barrymore. 

Forest has besides performed astatine specified venerable venues arsenic Saturday Night Live, France's Got Talent, Comedy Central, and Joe's Pub, according to Forbes. 

Two years ago, erstwhile she was 87, nan Guinness Book of World Records conferred connected her nan title of nan 'Oldest Working Female Comedian successful nan World.' 

The 89-year-old comedian is now treating her onslaught pinch her signature marque of humor.

'I'm getting better. I tin joke astir it,' she told nan Post. 'I couldn't joke astir it a mates of days ago.'

'Who knows, I could make a opus astir it. You ne'er know,' she said.

According to authorities, nan fishy was past spotted wearing a achromatic vessel apical pinch a Jurassic Park logo connected nan front.

Police inquire that anyone pinch accusation astir nan fishy telephone Crime Stoppers astatine 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).