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"{{tmz_video_0}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Katt Williams&lt;/strong&gt; claims the reason he pimp-slapped a Target employee in the face last month is because the guy&amp;#160;called him the n-word ... and TMZ has video of Katt's explanation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katt was performing last night at the Comedy Store in Hollywood when he described what went down immediately before the November 25th attack in Sacramento -- telling the audience,&amp;#160;\"This is what the dude at Target said ... 'Your assistant is already suing you, you p**sy ass n***er.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The jab is a reference to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/09/katt-williams-lawsuit-5-million-punching-woman/\"&gt;this lawsuit&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt;-- in which Katt's former assistant is suing him for $5 million, claiming the comic punched her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katt said he flipped when he heard the slur and asked the employee, \"Did you just say the n-word in front of Katt Williams?\" -- to which the employee answered, \"You say it all the time.\"&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katt says he shot back, \"Say it again and see what happens\" -- and that's when he knocked the guy upside the head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katt then compared his racism plight to that of&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;Dave Chappelle&lt;/strong&gt;, explaining,&amp;#160;\"That's the same sh*t that drove [Chappelle] out of the f***ing business.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katt seems to be alluding to Chappelle's claim that he quit his Comedy Central show and went into seclusion over an argument with producers about a sketch that he believed was racist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we reported, the Target employee -- a guy named &lt;strong&gt;Forrest Liebenberg&lt;/strong&gt; -- &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/04/katt-williams-forrest-liebenberg-slap-target-fired-incident/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;was fired&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from his job shortly after the incident. Target wouldn't explain why. Multiple calls to Liebenberg weren't returned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_1}}"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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