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 area, with movies from audience members' cellphones shortly 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 (Notice: 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 indicate the one that charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by a number of people onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the entire debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was officially banned through the performance.  

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

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

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

Comedian 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 final year from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

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

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than keen to present you an audience, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than willing to, however I have conditions: First of all, you can not come when you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You need to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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