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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with movies from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting a man appear 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 (Notice: Linked video contains harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos 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 visible accidents.

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

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

Whereas the whole debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the audience, cell phone use was officially banned in the course of the efficiency.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and obtained his ass kicked by a minimum of 10 people.

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

Comic Chris Rock was at the present, 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 sharp rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender group 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, continuing to air the special regardless of a whole lot of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later stated he'd be comfortable to meet with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than keen to offer you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody'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 particular "hate speech."

"Should you wanna meet with me, I would be more than willing to, but I have circumstances: To start with, you can not come if you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You must 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 overseas editor, based mostly at the CBS Information London bureau.