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

Comic Dave Chappelle was attacked onstage Tuesday night time as he carried out at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl enviornment, with videos from viewers members' cellphones shortly flooding social media and showing a man seem to run onto the stage and sort out the comedian.

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 including profanity) with fellow comic and actor Jamie Foxx onstage that he'd taken revenge on his attacker.

Videos posted to Twitter appeared to indicate the one that charged Chappelle being detained outdoors the venue by police after which loaded into an ambulance with visible accidents.

Witnesses mentioned — and videos appeared to point out — that the man was set upon by multiple folks onstage instantly after he attacked Chappelle. 

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

While the complete debacle was captured in a number of videos shot by members of the viewers, mobile phone use was officially banned during the efficiency.  

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

Just got here out of the Hollywood Bowl the place a person charged and tackled Dave Chapelle on stage and bought his ass kicked by no 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 community for jokes at their expense featured in his newest Netflix particular, "The Closer," which premiered in October.

Netflix stood by the Washington D.C. native, persevering with to air the special regardless of a whole bunch of its personal employees staging a walk-out over what they deemed Chappelle's transphobic jokes.

The comedian later said he'd be happy to fulfill with any member of the transgender group, but that he would not be swayed by "anybody's calls for" to censor his routine.

"To the transgender group, I am greater than keen to provide you an audience, but you will not summon me. I am not bending to anybody's calls for," he advised an audience in a clip posted to his Instagram. 

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

"If you wanna meet with me, I would be more than keen to, however I have conditions: To begin with, you can not come when you have not watched my special from starting to finish. You need to come to a spot of my selecting and a time of my selecting. And thirdly, it's essential to admit that Hannah Gadsby just isn't humorous."  

The Associated Press contributed reporting.

Tucker Reals is the CBSNews.com international editor, based at the CBS Information London bureau.