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

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

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

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by a number of individuals 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 multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was officially banned during the performance.  

The motivation for the preliminary assault remained unclear, and there was no immediate 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 person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by at least 10 people.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on the show, and jokingly requested 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 sharp rebuke late last yr from the transgender group 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, continuing to air the particular regardless of tons of of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later stated he'd be joyful to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than willing to present you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone'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 willing to, however I have conditions: To start with, you can't come if in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You have to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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