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 audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and displaying a man seem to run onto the stage and deal with 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 accommodates 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 show the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

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

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

Whereas all the debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned throughout the performance.  

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

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

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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late final yr from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

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

"To the transgender group, I am greater than prepared to provide you an audience, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he told 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 comic Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix special "hate speech."

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than keen to, however I've situations: To start with, you can not come if in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You have to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, based at the CBS News London bureau.