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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing 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 (Be aware: Linked video incorporates 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 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 movies appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While all the debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, cellular phone 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 Information' request for details about the incident.

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by not less than 10 people.

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

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late last year from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later stated he'd be comfortable to meet with any member of the transgender group, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am more than prepared to give you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he told an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than prepared to, however I've situations: First of all, you cannot come when you've got not watched my special from beginning to finish. You have to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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