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 area, with videos from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a man appear to run onto the stage and tackle the comedian.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Note: Linked video comprises 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 one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While your entire debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was formally banned during the efficiency.  

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

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by at least 10 individuals.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on the present, 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 pointy rebuke late final 12 months from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later stated he'd be glad to fulfill with any member of the transgender neighborhood, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am more than willing to provide you an audience, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than keen to, however I have circumstances: To begin with, you can not come if in case you have not watched my special from starting to end. You have to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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