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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and displaying 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 (Be aware: Linked video incorporates harsh language including profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

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

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

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

While the whole debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was formally banned in the course of the efficiency.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by no less than 10 individuals.

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

Comic Chris Rock was on 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 final 12 months from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later said he'd be pleased to satisfy 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 prepared to provide you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," he told an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I might be greater than willing to, but I've situations: To start with, you cannot come in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You should come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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