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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with videos from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a man appear to run onto the stage and sort out 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 comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to point out the one that charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to point out — that the man was set upon by multiple individuals onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

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

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

LAPD and LAFD are actually 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 final 12 months 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, persevering with to air the special despite tons of of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be comfortable to satisfy with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm greater than willing to offer you an audience, however you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he informed an audience 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 special "hate speech."

"When you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than keen to, however I have circumstances: To begin with, you cannot come if you have not watched my special from beginning to finish. You should come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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