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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting 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 (Word: Linked video incorporates harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to show the one that charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

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

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

Whereas your complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was formally banned through the performance.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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

Comedian 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 on the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late final 12 months from the transgender community 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, persevering with to air the particular regardless of hundreds of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later stated he'd be joyful to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than prepared to provide you an audience, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," 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 special "hate speech."

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be more than prepared to, however I have situations: First of all, you can not come when you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You could come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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