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 arena, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and displaying 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 incorporates harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to show the one that charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses said — and movies appeared to indicate — that the person was set upon by multiple folks 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 movies shot by members of the audience, cellular phone use was officially banned during the performance.  

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

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

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the present, and jokingly requested if the attacker was Will Smith — who made headlines by bounding up on stage and slapping Rock on the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late last 12 months from the transgender community 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, persevering with to air the particular despite a whole lot of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

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

"To the transgender neighborhood, I'm more than prepared to present you an audience, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," he informed an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I might be more than willing to, but I've circumstances: To start with, 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 choosing and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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