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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing a man appear 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 (Observe: Linked video contains harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to show the person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by multiple 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 whole debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, cell phone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by not less than 10 people.

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

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

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late final 12 months from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later said he'd be joyful to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm more than keen to give you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than willing to, but I've conditions: To start with, you can not come you probably have not watched my particular from starting to end. You could come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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