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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting 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 (Be aware: Linked video comprises harsh language including profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to point out the person who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses stated — and videos appeared to show — that the person was set upon by multiple folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the whole debacle was captured in a number of movies shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was formally banned during the performance.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and got his ass kicked by no less than 10 individuals.

LAPD and LAFD are now 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 neighborhood 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 special despite tons of of its personal staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later stated he'd be happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am greater than willing to present you an audience, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anyone's calls for," he instructed an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"In case you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, however I've situations: To start with, you can't come you probably have not watched my special from starting to end. You need to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you should admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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