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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with videos from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a man appear 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 (Word: Linked video comprises harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian 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 outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

The fool getting overwhelmed 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 audience, mobile phone use was officially banned through the efficiency.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by at the least 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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late final year from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, continuing to air the particular despite a whole lot of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am greater than keen to offer you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he informed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I might be more than willing to, but I've situations: First of all, you cannot come you probably have not watched my special from starting to finish. You must come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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