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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting a man 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 (Notice: Linked video incorporates harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the person who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen injuries.

Witnesses stated — and movies appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by a number of folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While your complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial attack remained unclear, and there was no rapid response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS Information' request for information about the incident.

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

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

Comic Chris Rock was on 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 pointy rebuke late last 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 particular despite lots 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 satisfy 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'm more than willing to offer you an audience, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's calls for," he told an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than prepared to, however I've circumstances: First of all, you cannot come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You could come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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