Bebe Rexha.Photo:Twitter/beberexha; Mike Marsland/WireImage
Twitter/beberexha; Mike Marsland/WireImage
The pop star took to Twitter on Friday and shared aphoto update of her eye injuryfollowing the incident, which split her eyebrow, required stitches and resulted in the crowd member’s arrest on assault charges.
Responding to a fan’s question about how she’s feeling, Rexha shared a selfie with a bandage on her heavily bruised eye. “My eye black and blue now but much better!!!! Thank you!!!” wrote the “I’m Good (Blue)” singer-songwriter, 33.
On Tuesday, The New York District Attorney’s Office told PEOPLE that the 27-year-old New Jersey residentwas arrested on several misdemeanor charges: two counts of third degree assault as well as second degree aggravated harassment, third degree attempted assault and second degree harassment.
According to the criminal complaint, Malvanga was taken into custody, admitted to throwing the phone and told police, “I was trying to see if I could hit her with the phone at the end of the show because it would be funny.”
His next court date is July 31. The assailant’s lawyer, Todd Spodek, told PEOPLE in a statement at the time: “Nicolas, like many other fans, was hoping to interact in some way with Ms. Rexha as the phone was returned. It was never his intention to injure Ms. Rexha in any way.”
The Grammy nomineeposted on her InstagramMonday morning to show fans she was OK, sharing a selfie of her stitches and a burgeoning black eye. “I’m good,” she wrote in a nod to both her health and her latest hit.
Bebe Rexha on Monday.Bebe Rexha/Instagram
Bebe Rexha/Instagram
She also got vulnerable in a series of tweets on Friday, writing about how she’s gained weight afterrevealing her PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome, diagnosis.
“I know I got fat. I’m just so sick of people talking about it,“wroteRexha. “NEXT!!!!!!”
Bebe Rexha in May 2023.Mike Marsland/WireImage
Mike Marsland/WireImage
“Human beings go through weight fluctuations,” shecontinued. “It’s life and you don’t know what people are going through. Meds, disease, etc…”
“Listen, we’re in the public eye, so that’s bound to happen,” she told Hudson, 41. “I was a lot thinner and I did gain some weight — that comes with the territory. I’m not mad about it because it is true, but when you see thingslike that, it does mess with you.”
“You don’t know what somebody’s going through, what they’re going through in their life, so it kind of is tough. But I feel like we’re in 2023 … we should not be talking about people’s weight,” she added, to a huge round of applause from Hudson and the audience.
source: people.com
