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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear to run onto the stage and tackle 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 accommodates 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 show the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas all the debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, cellular phone use was officially banned through the efficiency.  

The motivation for the preliminary assault remained unclear, and there was no speedy 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 person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by at least 10 people.

LAPD and LAFD at the moment are 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 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, persevering with to air the particular despite hundreds of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later stated he'd be glad to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than willing to provide you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's calls for," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"When you wanna meet with me, I might be more than willing to, but I've conditions: First of all, you can not come if you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You should come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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