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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday evening as he performed at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl arena, with videos from audience members' cellphones rapidly flooding social media and exhibiting a person appear 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 (Observe: Linked video contains 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 and then loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses said — and videos appeared to indicate — that the man was set upon by multiple folks onstage immediately after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

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

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

Just came out of the Hollywood Bowl where a man charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by at the very least 10 individuals.

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

Comic 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 pointy rebuke late final yr from the transgender group 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 despite a whole bunch of its personal workers staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later mentioned he'd be happy to satisfy with any member of the transgender neighborhood, however that he would not be swayed by "anybody's demands" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I'm more than keen to provide you an audience, however you will not summon me. I'm not bending to anybody's demands," he told an viewers 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."

"If you happen to wanna meet with me, I would be more than keen to, but I've conditions: To begin with, you cannot come when you have not watched my special from beginning to end. You need to come to a place of my selecting and a time of my choosing. And thirdly, you will need to admit that Hannah Gadsby isn't funny."  

The Related Press contributed reporting.

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