Bebe, 33, was performing at the Rooftop at Pier 17 as part of her Best F’n Night of My Life tour, which began late last month.
Towards the end of her set, Bebe was hit in the face by a cellphone that was thrown by someone in the crowd.
In several fan-shot videos that are currently circulating across social media, Bebe can be seen falling to her knees after being hit by the device. More footage later showed Bebe clutching her face in apparent pain as she was rushed offstage by several crew members.
According to multiple Twitter accounts, including PopCrave, Bebe’s mom, Bukurije Rexha, said that the singer needed three stitches after being taken into hospital. BuzzFeed has reached out to Bebe’s representatives for comment on this.
As for Bebe herself, she’s yet to publicly address the injury. However, many social media users have voiced their support for the singer in the hours since the footage went viral.
“this is actually so disrespectful and disgusting,” read one tweet containing video footage of Bebe being hit by the phone, which has been viewed over 700,000 times.
“stop throwing stuff at artists!! asshole behavior,” one person said. “Assaulting celebrities is too normal and not ok,” someone else wrote, as more users went on to recall similar injuries endured by artists like Harry Styles and Lady Gaga recently.
Several Twitter users then went on to discuss the way that Bebe has been mistreated by the public over the years. Just a few months ago, for example, the star was left upset and “discouraged” after seeing that she was trending on TikTok over her weight.
Seeing that search bar is so upsetting. I’m not mad cause it’s true. I did gain weight. But it just sucks. Thank you to all the people who love me no matter what. pic.twitter.com/EGkGybhcRY
“I literally feel so bad for her. The way she gets treated by the general public & music industry is so horrible. I wanna give her a hug so bad,” one person wrote.
“bebe rexha is one of the sweetest people so to see the constant online dogpiling lately making fun of her and now seeing her getting physically hurt is heartbreaking,” said another.
