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 enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and displaying a man appear 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 (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 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 indicate — that the person was set upon by multiple folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the whole debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the audience, cell phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no immediate response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS News' request for information about the incident.

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

LAPD and LAFD are actually 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 last yr from the transgender community 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 particular despite a whole bunch of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be comfortable to meet with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he would not be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am more than keen to offer you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he instructed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I would be more than willing to, however I've conditions: Initially, you cannot come when you have not watched my particular from starting to end. You need to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com overseas editor, based mostly at the CBS News London bureau.