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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a man 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 (Be aware: Linked video comprises harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to point out the one that charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

Witnesses said — and videos appeared to point out — that the man 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

Whereas your entire debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was officially banned through the efficiency.  

The motivation for the preliminary assault remained unclear, and there was no fast 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 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 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 pointy rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender neighborhood 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, continuing to air the particular regardless of lots of of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later mentioned he'd be happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am more than willing to offer you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he instructed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I'd be more than prepared to, but I've situations: Initially, you can't come if in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You must come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you have to admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com international editor, primarily based at the CBS News London bureau.