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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a man appear 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 incorporates 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 person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to show — that the man was set upon by multiple people onstage instantly 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, mobile phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

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

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

Comedian 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 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 despite lots of of its personal staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be joyful to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

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

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than willing to, but I've situations: To start with, you can't come when you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You must come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you have to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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