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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with videos 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 (Word: Linked video contains 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 indicate the one who charged Chappelle being detained outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by multiple folks onstage instantly 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, cellular phone use was formally banned through the efficiency.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by at the least 10 folks.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was on 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 last year 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, continuing 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 completely happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, however that he wouldn't be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

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

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

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I might be more than willing to, however I have circumstances: To begin with, you can't come in case you have not watched my special from starting to end. You have to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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