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 audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and showing a person seem to run onto the stage and sort out 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 contains harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to show the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

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

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

While the entire debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, cellular phone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no speedy 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 bought his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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

Comedian 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 last yr from the transgender group 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 particular despite a whole bunch of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later mentioned he'd be joyful to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm greater than keen to present you an audience, however you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"Should you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than prepared to, but I've conditions: To start with, you cannot come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You could come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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