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 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 comprises 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 point out the one who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to show — that the person was set upon by multiple individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While your complete debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, mobile phone 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 Division to CBS News' request for details about the incident.

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by at the very least 10 individuals.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on the show, and jokingly requested 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 final yr from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later said he'd be completely happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender neighborhood, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender neighborhood, I am more than prepared to provide you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than keen to, but I've circumstances: To begin with, you cannot come in case you have not watched my special from beginning to end. You must come to a place of my choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you have to admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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