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 viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and showing a man appear to run onto the stage and sort out 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.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to point out the person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

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

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

Whereas your entire debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial attack remained unclear, and there was no instant 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 acquired his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 individuals.

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

Comic 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 on the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late last yr from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later stated he'd be happy to meet with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am greater than prepared to offer you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he advised an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I might be more than keen to, however I have conditions: First of all, you cannot come when you have not watched my special from starting to end. It's essential to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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