On Wednesday’s show, Howard Stern told guest Kelly Clarkson how Bebe Rexha was injured at a concert in New York City after a concert-goer threw his cell phone in her face and Clarkson’s jaw dropped.
“They arrested the boy who was throwing it, and he was like, ‘Oh, I thought it was funny,'” Stern added, to which Clarkson replied, “Then he should have let her throw a phone in his face.” [so] that he could experience this ‘fun’.”
“It just shows that people are very angry. And you don’t want to get caught in that crossfire of anger,” she added.
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The singer and talk show host shared how a fan rushed onto the stage during a live show, making her realize how vulnerable a performer can be on stage. “I was singing on this thing and my eyes were closed… And this person on the live television of this show abroad stormed onto the stage and walked up to me and hugged me and put their arms around me…”
She said the incident really shook her. “I had a whole moment that night at the hotel where people were like, ‘Are you okay?’ And I just wasn’t talking, and if I wasn’t talking, there would be a problem. It was very scary because you think at that moment I realized how vulnerable I was and I had never thought anything like that before.”
Clarkson also mentioned the mass shooting at a Jason Aldean concert in Las Vegas in 2017, where a 64-year-old gunman opened fire on the outdoor crowd, killing 60 people and injuring more than 400 others.
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“Especially after what happened with Jason Aldean. I literally looked at Brandon — that was when I was still married — and thought I didn’t know when I was going to start dating again [on tour]. Because then you start thinking, “I’m going to risk this and not see my kids again because I sang like that on stage?”
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A 27-year-old concert-goer has been arrested and charged with Rexha assault. The same day that Clarkson appeared on “The Howard Stern Show,” pop star Ava Max was attacked during a performance in Los Angeles when a fan jumped off the stage and slapped her in the face.
“He hit me so hard he scratched the inside of my eye,” the singer tweeted Tuesday night shortly after the show. “He never comes to a show again.”
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