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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying a person appear to run onto the stage and sort out the comedian.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Note: Linked video accommodates 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 indicate the one that charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

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

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

Whereas your complete debacle was captured in a number of 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 quick response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS News' 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 obtained his ass kicked by at the least 10 folks.

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

Comic Chris Rock was on the present, 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 latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, continuing to air the special despite a whole lot of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than willing to provide you an audience, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he told an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than keen to, but I have conditions: First of all, you cannot come if in case you have not watched my special from starting to end. It's essential to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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