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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and displaying a person appear to run onto the stage and tackle the comedian.

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

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

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While all the debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by at the least 10 folks.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the present, 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 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, persevering with to air the particular regardless of hundreds of its own employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be glad to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm more than willing to present you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," 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 comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix special "hate speech."

"In case you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than willing to, but I've situations: To begin with, you can't come when you've got not watched my particular from starting to finish. You should come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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