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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying a person seem 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 (Observe: Linked video contains harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to show the one who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the whole debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was formally banned throughout the performance.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by at least 10 folks.

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

Comic Chris Rock was on the present, and jokingly asked 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 final 12 months from the transgender group for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later mentioned he'd be comfortable to meet 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 neighborhood, I'm more than prepared to give you an viewers, but you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," he advised an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than prepared to, however I've conditions: To begin with, you cannot come if you have not watched my particular from beginning to end. You could come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be funny."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com overseas editor, based on the CBS Information London bureau.