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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with videos from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and showing a man appear to run onto the stage and sort out 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.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to show the one that charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

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

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

Whereas the entire debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was formally banned through the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no fast 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 man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by at least 10 people.

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 neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm greater than prepared to give you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," he told 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 comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix special "hate speech."

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I would be greater than prepared to, but I have circumstances: Initially, you can not come in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You must come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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