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 enviornment, with movies from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting a person seem to run onto the stage and deal with 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 comedian 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 outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

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

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

While your complete debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the audience, cellular phone use was formally banned during the efficiency.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 individuals.

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

Comic Chris Rock was at the show, 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 pointy rebuke late final yr from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, continuing to air the special despite a whole lot of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later stated he'd be completely happy to satisfy with any member of the transgender group, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than prepared to give you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," 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."

"For those who wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, but I have circumstances: To start with, you cannot come if you have not watched my special from beginning to finish. It's essential to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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