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 enviornment, with movies from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing 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 (Note: Linked video contains 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 point out the one that charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses said — and movies appeared to show — that the man was set upon by a number of 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 videos shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

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

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

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

Comic Chris Rock was at the present, and jokingly asked 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 last 12 months from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later mentioned he'd be comfortable to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, but that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than prepared to provide you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

The 48-year-old comedian listed three situations 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 greater than keen to, however I've conditions: To start with, you can't come you probably have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You must come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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