Bebe Rexha sings 'I'm good, yeah, I'm feeling alright' in TikTok video exhibiting her black eye after cellphone assault at New York live performance
- Bebe Rexha was performing final night time in Manhattan when a flying mobile phone struck her within the head.
- Police mentioned a 27-year-old man from New Jersey was arrested and charged with assault.
- Rexha confirmed her black eye on social media whereas dryly singing her hit tune, “I am Good (Blue).”
A person has been arrested after police say he threw his cellphone at singer Bebe Rexha in the midst of a New York Metropolis live performance, putting her within the head, in response to a spokesperson for the New York Police Division.
Amid an ongoing investigation, the NYPD instructed Insider in an announcement that New Jersey resident Nicolas Malvagna, 27, has been charged with assault.
Police mentioned they had been referred to as to the Pier 17 venue in decrease Manhattan at round 10 p.m. Sunday, and that Malvagna was arrested roughly an hour later at 10:54 pm.
On Moday morning, Rexha assured followers she was “okay” on social media whereas exhibiting her black eye in Instagram and TikTok posts. On the latter platform, she sang, “I am good, yeah I am feeling alright” — a nod to her hit tune “I am Good (Blue)” with David Guetta.
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In a single video shared on social media from the live performance, an object strikes Rexha on the left facet of her head and she or he grabs her face and falls to the ground. In one other video, she will be seen waving to the gang whereas being escorted from the venue as the gang chants, “Bebe! Bebe!”
“A preliminary investigation on scene decided {that a} 27-year-old male deliberately threw a mobile phone at a 33-year-old feminine performer on stage, putting her in regards to the face,” in response to the NYPD assertion. “The person was taken into custody on scene and eliminated to the first Precinct for arrest processing. The aided feminine was eliminated by EMS to an space hospital in steady situation.”
Representatives for Rexha didn’t instantly reply to request for remark. Rolling Stone reported that the singer obtained stitches following the incident, citing a member of the family.
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It’s unknown whether or not the incident will impression Rexha’s “Finest F’n Night time of My Life” tour, which kicked off in Could and is slated to reach tomorrow in Philadelphia.
Rexha is much from the one artist to be injured from flying objects onstage. Final November, Rolling Stone famous, Harry Types was hit within the eye with a bag of Skittles throughout a Los Angeles live performance, prompting the sweet model to sentence the act on Twitter.
