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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying a man seem to run onto the stage and deal with 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 accommodates 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 point out the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses said — and videos appeared to point out — that the man was set upon by a number of individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the whole debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by not less than 10 folks.

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 requested 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 pointy rebuke late final 12 months from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, continuing to air the particular regardless of hundreds of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be completely happy to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am greater than willing to give you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"Should you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than prepared to, however I have conditions: Initially, you can't come when you have not watched my special from beginning to finish. You need to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com international editor, based mostly on the CBS Information London bureau.