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 shortly flooding social media and displaying a person 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 (Notice: Linked video incorporates harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to point out the person who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

The idiot getting overwhelmed 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, cell phone use was formally banned in the course of the efficiency.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the present, 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 12 months 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, persevering with to air the particular regardless of tons of of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than keen to offer you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he instructed 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 particular "hate speech."

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I'd be more than keen to, but I have circumstances: First of all, you can not come in case you have not watched my special from starting to end. You should come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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