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 area, with videos from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear to run onto the stage and tackle 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 comprises harsh language including 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 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 show — that the person was set upon by multiple individuals onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas your complete debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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

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

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

Comedian 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 on the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a pointy rebuke late last yr from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later stated he'd be glad to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than willing to offer you an viewers, however you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he informed an viewers 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 particular "hate speech."

"In case you wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than willing to, but I have circumstances: To start with, you can't come in case you have not watched my particular from starting to finish. You must come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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