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 arena, with videos from audience members' cellphones quickly flooding social media and exhibiting a man appear to run onto the stage and sort out the comic.

Chappelle, whose unapologetic humor has made him a lightning rod for criticism, appeared unscathed by the sudden interruption and later joked (Notice: Linked video accommodates harsh language including 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 outside the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with seen accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and movies appeared to point out — that the man 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

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

The motivation for the initial assault remained unclear, and there was no rapid response from the Los Angeles Police Department to CBS Information' 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 obtained his ass kicked by at the least 10 individuals.

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

Comedian Chris Rock was at the show, 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 pointy rebuke late last yr from the transgender group 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 own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comic later said he'd be glad to satisfy with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anyone's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender community, I'm greater than willing to present you an viewers, but you'll not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's calls for," he told 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 comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix special "hate speech."

"In case you wanna meet with me, I might be greater than keen to, but I have circumstances: To begin with, you can't come in case you have not watched my particular from beginning to finish. You should come to a place of my choosing and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you must admit that Hannah Gadsby is just not funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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