Current:Home > FinanceSinger Ava Max slapped on stage, days after Bebe Rexha was hit with a phone while performing -TrueNorth Finance Path
Singer Ava Max slapped on stage, days after Bebe Rexha was hit with a phone while performing
View
Date:2025-04-26 13:07:25
Singer Ava Max says she is recovering after a fan slapped her while she was performing in Los Angeles just days after Bebe Rexha was attacked on stage.
On Tuesday, the 29-year-old pop star was slapped by a concertgoer who rushed the stage as she performed, video of the incident posted on social media shows.
An unidentified man was seen reaching towards the singer as he was being forced off stage by security and striking Max's face. Max reacts to the hit but continues performing, the video shows.
He slapped me so hard that he scratched the inside of my eye. He’s never coming to a show again 😡😡thank you to the fans for being spectacular tonight in LA though!!❤️
— AVA MAX (@AvaMax) June 21, 2023
The singer confirmed the attack injured her eye and that the stage rusher was banned from future shows.
"He slapped me so hard that he scratched the inside of my eye," Max tweeted after the incident. "He's never coming to a show again thank you to the fans for being spectacular tonight in LA though!!"
Music executive Scooter Braun posted a photo onto his Instagram stories of Max backstage holding a bottle of beer over her injured eye.
The incident comes just says after singer Bebe Rexha was hit in the face with a phone by an audience member during a Sunday night concert in New York City.
The singer was performing at Pier 17 when, according to police, 27-year-old Nicolas Malvagna allegedly threw a cell phone at her. Officers took Malvagna into custody at the scene. He was later charged with assault.
Rexha posted two pictures on Instagram Monday showing her with a black eye and a laceration near her eyebrow.
"Im good," she captioned the post.
veryGood! (891)
Related
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- With Increased Nutrient Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalists Hope a New Law Will Cleanup Wastewater Treatment in Maryland
- Beavers Are Flooding the Warming Alaskan Arctic, Threatening Fish, Water and Indigenous Traditions
- Is it Time for the World Court to Weigh in on Climate Change?
- Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas
- IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden case says he felt handcuffed during 5-year investigation
- BET Awards 2023: See the Complete List of Winners
- Judge’s Order Forces Interior Department to Revive Drilling Lease Sales on Federal Lands and Waters
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- In Pennsylvania’s Primary Election, Little Enthusiasm for the Northeast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Ranking
- Kylie Jenner Shows Off Sweet Notes From Nieces Dream Kardashian & Chicago West
- Treat Williams’ Wife Honors Late Everwood Actor in Anniversary Message After His Death
- Brother of San Francisco mayor gets sentence reduced for role in girlfriend’s 2000 death
- 16-year-old dies while operating equipment at Mississippi poultry plant
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Novo Nordisk will cut some U.S. insulin prices by up to 75% starting next year
- With Increased Nutrient Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalists Hope a New Law Will Cleanup Wastewater Treatment in Maryland
- Judge rejects Trump's demand for retrial of E. Jean Carroll case
Recommendation
New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
Janet Yellen says the federal government won't bail out Silicon Valley Bank
Janet Yellen says the federal government won't bail out Silicon Valley Bank
The truth is there's little the government can do about lies on cable
In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years
Silicon Valley Bank failure could wipe out 'a whole generation of startups'
Video: Carolina Tribe Fighting Big Poultry Joined Activists Pushing Administration to Act on Climate and Justice