Bebe Rexha collapses after fan throws phone at her face, man arrested
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In a video clip shared to social media, a cellphone is hurled from the crowd and bounces off American pop singer Bebe Rexha's head.
Pop singer Bebe Rexha was rushed off the stage during her concert in New York on Sunday after she was hit in the face with a fan’s cellphone.
In a video clip shared to social media, Rexha is seen performing in a pink, sparkly corset with matching trousers when a phone is hurled from the crowd and bounces off the 33-year-old singer’s head.
Rexha, whose real name is Bleta Rexha, clutched her face as she turned her back to the audience and collapsed to her knees.
Several crew members are then seen emerging from the wings to escort Rexha backstage as the crowd chanted her name. Other audience members shouted “That’s assault” when security intervened and pulled the man who allegedly threw the phone over the stage’s barrier.
Alex Chavez, a fan who shared footage of Rexha’s injury, wrote the incident “ruined” an otherwise “great show.”
TMZ reported Rexha needed three stitches to close the wound on her face.
The phone was thrown during Rexha’s concert at the Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York as part of her Best F’n Night of My Life tour. Rexha’s admirers have since condemned the phone-throwing fan on social media and voiced concern for the singer’s health.
