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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear to run onto the stage and deal with 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 incorporates harsh language together with 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 person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to point out — that the man 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

Whereas the entire debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and acquired his ass kicked by not less than 10 individuals.

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 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 latest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comic later said he'd be glad to satisfy with any member of the transgender community, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am more than keen to give you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he informed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I would be more than prepared to, but I have situations: First of all, you can not come you probably have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You have to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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