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

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

Movies 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 seen injuries.

Witnesses said — and movies appeared to point out — that the person was set upon by multiple people onstage instantly 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 multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

The motivation for the initial attack remained unclear, and there was no speedy response from the Los Angeles Police Division to CBS Information' request for details about the incident.

Simply came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by not less than 10 people.

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

Comic 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 12 months 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 particular despite lots of of its own employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender group, I am greater than willing to present you an viewers, however you will not summon me. I am 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 special "hate speech."

"In case you wanna meet with me, I'd be more than keen to, however I have conditions: To begin with, you can not come you probably have not watched my special from starting to finish. You have to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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