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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear to run onto the stage and sort out the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Word: 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 point out the one that charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

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

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

While the entire debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial 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 man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by at least 10 people.

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

Comic Chris Rock was at the show, 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 sharp rebuke late last yr from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later mentioned he'd be happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

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

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than keen to, but I've situations: To begin with, you cannot come when you have not watched my special from starting to finish. You could come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com foreign editor, based mostly at the CBS Information London bureau.