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 videos from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing a person seem 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 (Notice: 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 outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses said — and movies appeared to show — that the man was set upon by a number of people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by at the very least 10 folks.

LAPD and LAFD are now 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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late final year from the transgender group 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 a whole lot of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender community, I am more than keen to give you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anyone'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 meeting, and responded to fellow comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix particular "hate speech."

"In case you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than willing to, but I've situations: To begin with, you can't come when you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You should come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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