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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a person seem to run onto the stage and deal with the comedian.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Notice: Linked video accommodates 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 person who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by a number of folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the entire debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by a minimum of 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 group 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 regardless of lots of of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be blissful to meet with any member of the transgender group, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm greater than willing to give you an audience, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than keen to, but I have situations: Initially, you can't come when you've got not watched my particular from starting to finish. It's essential to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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