Dave Chappelle attacked onstage at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a man seem to run onto the stage and sort out the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Note: Linked video contains harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to show the one that charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by a number of individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

The idiot getting crushed down after attacking Dave Chappelle at Hollywood Bowl pic.twitter.com/Ft0FIUyjWv

While the entire debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the preliminary attack remained unclear, and there was no speedy response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS News' request for details about the incident.

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by at the least 10 individuals.

LAPD and LAFD are actually loading him into an ambulance pic.twitter.com/7SXPe9e8az

Comic Chris Rock was at the show, and jokingly requested if the attacker was Will Smith — who made headlines by bounding up on stage and slapping Rock at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late last yr from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the particular regardless of hundreds of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later stated he'd be joyful to meet with any member of the transgender community, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than willing to provide you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he advised an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

The 48-year-old comedian listed three circumstances for any potential meeting, and responded to fellow comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix special "hate speech."

"For those who wanna meet with me, I might be greater than prepared to, however I have conditions: To begin with, you cannot come in case you have not watched my special from starting to finish. You could come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, based on the CBS Information London bureau.