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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and showing a man seem to run onto the stage and deal with the comedian.

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.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to show the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by a number of people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the 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 initial assault remained unclear, and there was no instant response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS News' request for information about the incident.

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by at least 10 individuals.

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

Comedian 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 last year from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later stated he'd be completely happy to satisfy 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 willing to present you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"Should you wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than keen to, however I've conditions: To begin with, you cannot come in case you have not watched my special from beginning to end. You need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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