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 arena, with videos from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying a person seem to run onto the stage and tackle 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 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 who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

Witnesses said — and movies appeared to show — that the man was set upon by a number of folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the entire debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, mobile phone use was officially banned throughout the performance.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by not less than 10 individuals.

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

Comic Chris Rock was on the present, and jokingly asked 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 year from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later said he'd be completely happy to meet with any member of the transgender group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am more than willing to present you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's calls for," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

The 48-year-old comic 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 would be greater than willing to, but I've conditions: Initially, you cannot come if you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You will need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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