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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with videos from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting 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 (Observe: Linked video contains 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 indicate the one that charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to show — that the man was set upon by multiple individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas your entire debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was formally banned during the performance.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by no less than 10 individuals.

LAPD and LAFD are now 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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late final yr from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later mentioned he'd be pleased to meet with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

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

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be more than keen to, however I've conditions: To start with, you can't come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. It's essential to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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