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 enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing a person appear 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 incorporates harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

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

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by multiple folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the whole debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was officially banned in the course of the performance.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 folks.

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

Comic Chris Rock was at the show, and jokingly asked 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 last 12 months from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later stated he'd be pleased to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, however 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 viewers, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he instructed 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 comic Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix particular "hate speech."

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be more than keen to, but I have situations: Initially, you can not come in case you have not watched my special from starting to finish. You need to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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