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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl area, with videos from audience members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing a man appear 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 (Notice: Linked video accommodates harsh language including profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos 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 injuries.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to show — that the man was set upon by multiple people onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

Whereas the whole debacle was captured in multiple videos shot by members of the viewers, cellphone use was officially banned through the efficiency.  

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

Simply got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and received his ass kicked by not less than 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 on 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 Nearer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, continuing to air the particular regardless of a whole lot of its own workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later stated he'd be completely satisfied to satisfy 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 group, I'm greater than keen to present you an audience, however you will not summon me. I am not bending to anyone's demands," 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 comedian Hannah Gadsby, who labelled Chapelle's Netflix particular "hate speech."

"For those who wanna meet with me, I would be greater than willing to, but I've situations: Initially, you can't come if in case you have not watched my special from starting to end. You have to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you could admit that Hannah Gadsby shouldn't be funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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