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 viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting 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 (Be aware: Linked video comprises harsh language together with 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 who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then 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

Whereas the whole debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the audience, cell phone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by not less than 10 folks.

LAPD and LAFD at the moment are 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 last 12 months 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, continuing to air the special regardless of hundreds of its own employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later mentioned he'd be happy to meet with any member of the transgender community, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

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

The 48-year-old comic listed three situations for any potential meeting, 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 cannot come if you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You will need to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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