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 area, with videos from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing a man appear to run onto the stage and deal with the comic.

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 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 indicate the one who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

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

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

While the complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was formally banned in the course of the efficiency.  

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

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

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

Comic Chris Rock was on 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 sharp rebuke late last yr from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "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 employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later stated he'd be joyful to fulfill with any member of the transgender neighborhood, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am greater than prepared to present you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he told an audience 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 particular "hate speech."

"If you wanna meet with me, I might be more than willing to, however I have situations: First of all, you can't come in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. It's essential to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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