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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear to run onto the stage and tackle 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 point out the one who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

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

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

While all the debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cell phone use was formally banned during the performance.  

The motivation for the preliminary assault remained unclear, and there was no fast 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 received his ass kicked by at the least 10 people.

LAPD and LAFD at the moment are 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 at the Academy Awards in March.

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

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, continuing to air the particular regardless of a whole bunch of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later said he'd be completely happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender community, however that he would not be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I am more than prepared to provide you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's demands," he instructed an viewers 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 particular "hate speech."

"Should you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than willing to, however I've situations: Initially, you can not come in case you have not watched my special from beginning to end. You will need to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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