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 area, with movies from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying a man seem to run onto the stage and tackle the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Notice: Linked video incorporates harsh language including profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to point out the one that charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

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

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

Whereas the whole debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was formally banned throughout the performance.  

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

Just came 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 folks.

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

Comic 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 pointy rebuke late final yr from the transgender group 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 special despite a whole bunch of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later said he'd be blissful to meet with any member of the transgender group, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm more than keen to give you an audience, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than prepared to, however I've circumstances: Initially, you cannot come if you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You will need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, based mostly on the CBS Information London bureau.