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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with videos from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a man appear to run onto the stage and sort out 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 incorporates harsh language together with profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

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

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

The fool getting overwhelmed 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, cellphone use was formally banned through the efficiency.  

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

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

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

Comic Chris Rock was on 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 last yr from the transgender neighborhood for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Nearer," which premiered in October.

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

The comedian later said he'd be joyful to meet with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

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

The 48-year-old comedian listed three situations for any potential meeting, 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 keen to, but I've situations: To start with, you can not come if you have not watched my special from starting to finish. It's essential to come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you need to admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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