Kelsea Balleriniwas struck in the eye with a bracelet while performing onstage in Idaho.
In a video of the incident, Ballerini immediately turns away from the crowd and has a short conversation with her fiddle player before leaving the stage. After taking a short break, she returns andaddresses the crowd, saying, “Can we just talk about what happened?”
“All I care about is keeping everyone safe. If you ever don’t feel safe, please let someone around you know. If anyone’s pushing too much or you just have that gut feeling, just always flag it,” the star continued.
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Ballerini — who is on the third leg of her headlining Heartfirst tour — added, “Don’t throw things. You know?”
The country singer posted to her Instagram Story on Thursday morning, writing, “Hi. I’m fine. Someone threw a bracelet, it hit me in the eye, and it more so just scared me than hurt me. We all have triggers and layers of fears way deeper than what is shown, and that’s why I walked offstage to calm down and make sure myself, band and crew and the crowd all felt safe to continue.”
Kelsea Ballerini after the bracelet incident.@hellvndbvck / POP NATION /TMX / MEGA
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Ballerini, whowatched a friend die in a school shooting, has previously spoken about the PTSD she suffers from the experience and how it can affect her shows.
“I have a job where I’m in crowds often, I play loud music, there’s pyro, and there are noises that are similar. But everyone close to me knows about it, and they help me just get ready for moments like that,” she told PEOPLE in 2021. “And if I’m having some kind of trigger… If I need to push a show 10 minutes, I push a show 10 minutes. Everyone’s very understanding of that and very protective of that trauma, and that memory for me.”
Kelsea Ballerini Instagram Story.Kelsea Ballerini/ Instagram
Kelsea Ballerini/ Instagram
The “I’m Good (Blue)” singer, 33, was knocked to the ground during a show at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in lower Manhattan on June 18. The phone hit Rexha on the forehead in the middle of a song, splitting her eyebrow and requiring stitches.
Nicolas Malvagna, 27, of Manalapan, New Jersey, is accused of throwing the phone. He was arrested at the venue, and charged with assault for using his cell phone as a weapon, the NYPD confirmed to PEOPLE.
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Max, 29, was singing her hit “The Motto” when an attendee stormed the stage, according tofan-recorded videosshared on social media.
Max latertook to Twitterafter the show and detailed the injury, noting that the assailant is banned from her future shows.
“He slapped me so hard that he scratched the inside of my eye. He’s never coming to a show again,” she wrote. “Thank you to the fans for being spectacular tonight in LA though!!”
source: people.com
