ah:O
i don't believe he was trying to hurt you.
magicians, circus performers, actors, etc.
anything you go to watch is full of people who are looking to give others entertainment, and that they do!

if they were really trying to hurt you, don't you think someone would've done something by now to stop it

?
its all for entertainments sake, to give you something you can escape to for a while if the real worlds giving you problems, to make you laugh

etc,etc,etc