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 arena, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and displaying a person seem to run onto the stage and deal with the comedian.

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.

Videos 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 visible injuries.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple people onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

The idiot getting crushed 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, cellphone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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.

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

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

Comic Chris Rock was on the present, and jokingly asked 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 final 12 months from the transgender group 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 particular despite tons of of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be completely satisfied to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm greater than willing to provide you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," 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."

"In case you wanna meet with me, I might be more than willing to, however I've circumstances: To start with, you can't come if you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You 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 Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com international editor, primarily based at the CBS News London bureau.