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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a person 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 (Observe: Linked video comprises 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 show the person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to show — that the man was set upon by multiple folks onstage immediately 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 videos shot by members of the audience, cellular phone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by at the very least 10 individuals.

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

Comic Chris Rock was on the show, and jokingly asked 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 final yr from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the special despite tons of of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later mentioned he'd be completely happy to satisfy 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 group, I'm more than keen to give you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he advised an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than willing to, however I have circumstances: Initially, you can't come when you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You could come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you have to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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