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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a man 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 (Be aware: Linked video comprises harsh language together with 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 person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to point out — that the man was set upon by multiple individuals onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While your entire debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was formally banned during the performance.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 folks.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on the present, and jokingly asked 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 neighborhood 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, continuing to air the particular regardless of a whole bunch of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later stated he'd be completely happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am greater than keen to provide you an audience, however 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 circumstances for any potential assembly, and responded to fellow comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix particular "hate speech."

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be more than keen to, but I have conditions: First of all, you can't come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to end. You need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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