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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying 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 (Word: Linked video comprises harsh language including profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to point out the one who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to show — that the person was set upon by multiple folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

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

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

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

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 final yr 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, persevering with to air the particular regardless of a whole lot of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later stated he'd be joyful to meet with any member of the transgender group, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm more than willing to give you an audience, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he advised an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than keen to, however I've circumstances: First of all, you can not come you probably have not watched my special from starting to end. It's essential to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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