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

Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with movies from viewers members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and displaying a man seem to run onto the stage and tackle the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Word: Linked video accommodates 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 point out the person who charged Chappelle being detained exterior the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses said — and movies appeared to show — that the person was set upon by a number of people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas all the debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, cellular phone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by not less than 10 people.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on the show, 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 yr from the transgender community for jokes at their expense featured in his latest Netflix special, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the special despite a whole bunch of its own staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later said he'd be joyful to satisfy with any member of the transgender group, but that he wouldn't be swayed by "anyone's demands" to censor his routine.

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

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

"In the event you wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, however I've conditions: To begin with, you can't come you probably have not watched my particular from starting to end. You should come to a place of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby will not be funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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