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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and exhibiting a person seem to run onto the stage and sort out the comic.

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.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the one that charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible injuries.

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

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

While the entire debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the audience, cell phone use was formally banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by no less than 10 people.

LAPD and LAFD are now 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 yr from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

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

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

"To the transgender community, I am greater than prepared to offer you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he informed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"For those who wanna meet with me, I would be more than prepared to, however I have conditions: First of all, you cannot come when you have not watched my special from beginning to finish. You will need to come to a spot of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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