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 videos from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and showing a person appear to run onto the stage and deal with the comic.

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

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the one that charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to point out — that the man was set upon by a number of folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While your complete debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, cellular phone use was formally banned throughout the performance.  

The motivation for the preliminary assault remained unclear, and there was no rapid response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS Information' request for details about the incident.

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by no less than 10 folks.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the show, and jokingly asked 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 sharp rebuke late last yr from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, continuing to air the particular despite a whole bunch of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be glad to satisfy with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than prepared to provide you an audience, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I would be more than keen to, but I have circumstances: Initially, you cannot come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You need to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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