The way celebrities behave in real life behind all that glimmering stardom and fame is vastly different than what most people believe. While some actors and artists are just as polite off the screen as they are under the spotlight, not all of them are the same. But more often than not, celebrities end up losing their temper when fans invade their personal space in the name of cheer and admiration. And that is exactly what happened with the popular rapper Bad Bunny.
The Puerto Rican artist recently became the talk of the town for throwing away a fan’s phone after she infringed upon his privacy. His behavior toward the fan has been pocketing mixed reactions with some people running to his defense, as others criticize him on social media for the same.
Bad Bunny Loses His Cool After Fan Oversteps Her Boundaries
A video of the Me porto bonito singer reacting indignantly to a fan has been surfacing all over the internet as he hurled a woman’s phone in the water while he was in the Dominican Republic. The clip went viral on Monday, inciting shocking reactions from some as others went ahead to back him up on his actions.
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Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, more popularly known as Bad Bunny, got furious over a female fan for violating his personal space by incessantly trying to get pictures with him whilst the 28-year-old was making his way through a crowd. The award-winning artist shortly hopped on Twitter to issue a statement concerning the incident, claiming how he would always be welcoming to those who greet him with politeness. He then stated that his reaction to the fan’s “lack of respect” was thus justified.
Bad Bunny is under fire for throwing away a fan’s phone after they violated his personal space in the Dominican Republic. pic.twitter.com/bz1LsMz8Oz
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 2, 2023
The pop star, famous for Latin trap and reggaeton style of music, has received multiple accolades including a Billboard Latin Music Award for Artist of the year and a Grammy for the best urban song as well as album. He recently also broke the record for the highest-grossing tour in a year after earning roughly $435 million through 81 concert shows. In doing so, Bad Bunny beat Ed Sheeran’s 2018 record of amassing about $432 million during his international Divide tour.
The Internet Finds Itself Divided on the Bad Bunny Controversy
When a snippet of Bad Bunny chucking a fan’s phone in the water went viral, the initial reaction was that of utter surprise which gradually melted into a hesitant justification of his behavior which ultimately turned into people fully supporting the rapper’s actions. Simply put, fan reactions on social media about the whole thing are conflicted at large.
Many fans are coming to Bad Bunny’s rescue claiming that his actions were a hundred percent validated and that the woman in question is the one who’s in the wrong.
His personal space was violated and if you don’t like the reaction, make better actions. It wasn’t a mistake, it was intentional.
— TheOfficial (@TheLAKOfficial) January 3, 2023
I honestly don’t see a problem with this tbh
— Queen of Southampton 👸🏻 (@AlexLeTissier) January 2, 2023
People need to stop acting like celebrities are their best friends. You’re a complete stranger to them — you can’t just run up, invade their personal space, and start recording 🤷🏻♂️
— Anthony (@AdeptXero) January 2, 2023
I stand w bad bunny ✊🏼
— vee (@lovennft) January 3, 2023
It’s her own fault for her disgusting disrespectful stalker behaviour following him and shoving her phone in his face. If she didn’t do these thing she’d still have her phone 🙄
— Rosalia⁷ (@brumillagod) January 3, 2023
On the other hand, there seem to be plenty of others who are monumentally unhappy with the Efecto rapper as they bash him for “overreacting” when he could’ve simply asked her to stop bothering him instead of “unnecessarily” throwing her phone away.
— Krys (@109Krys) January 3, 2023
what makes celebs think they can act like this
— Genesis🦋 (@NTLTCGENESIS) January 2, 2023
I love him but this was unnecessary. and everyone justifying his actions are weird. a normal human being with rational thinking would’ve told the person “can u please back away.” Him just grabbing her phone and throwing it like that was completely rude.
— family friendly era (@BhadDhad) January 2, 2023
Scary all the people justifying this.
— Panzerkirby (@PanzerKirby) January 3, 2023
Bad Bunny himself didn’t waste any time before speaking about the incident and it looks like his conscience is, by all means, crystal clear.
Source: Pop Crave via Twitter
