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 audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and displaying a man seem to run onto the stage and sort out the comedian.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Observe: Linked video incorporates harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos 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 said — and movies appeared to show — that the man was set upon by multiple people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas all the debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, cell phone use was officially banned through the performance.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by no less than 10 individuals.

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

Comic Chris Rock was at the present, 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 group 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, continuing to air the special despite tons of of its personal staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be completely satisfied to fulfill with any member of the transgender neighborhood, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than prepared to offer you an audience, however you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's calls for," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I would be greater than keen to, however I've conditions: First of all, you can't come when you've got not watched my particular from beginning to end. You could come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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