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 area, with videos from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a person seem 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 (Be aware: 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 show the person who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by a number of individuals 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 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 instant response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS Information' request for details about the incident.

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

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

Comic Chris Rock was on the show, 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 final yr from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the particular regardless of hundreds of its personal workers 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 "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am greater than willing to offer you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's demands," he instructed 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."

"Should you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than keen to, however I have circumstances: To start with, you can not come you probably have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You need to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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