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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and displaying a person seem to run onto the stage and tackle the comedian.

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

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the person who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the complete debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was formally banned through the efficiency.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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

Comedian 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 on the Academy Awards in March.

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

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

The comic later said he'd be pleased to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, but 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 anyone's calls for," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I would be greater than keen to, but I've situations: First of all, you can not come you probably have not watched my special from starting to finish. You need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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