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 enviornment, with movies from viewers members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and displaying a man seem to run onto the stage and deal with 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 contains harsh language including profanity) with fellow comedian and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Movies posted to Twitter appeared to show the person who charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by a number of individuals onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the complete debacle was captured in multiple movies shot by members of the audience, cellphone use was officially banned throughout the efficiency.  

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

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

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

Comic 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 at the Academy Awards in March.

Chappelle drew a sharp rebuke late final year from the transgender neighborhood 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 particular despite tons of of its personal staff staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be blissful to meet with any member of the transgender community, but that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm more than prepared to present you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he told an viewers in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I'd be greater than willing to, but I have conditions: To start with, you cannot come in case you have not watched my special from starting to finish. You need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby is not humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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