Country singer Scotty McCreery interrupted his show to kick out a man who allegedly struck a woman in the audience.
During his set at the Colorado State Fair on Saturday, the singer, 30, abruptly stopped his set to call out the man who he was able to view from the stage.
Videos posted online captured the moment McCreery brought the ‘unacceptable’ incident to attention during a performance of his track It Matters To Her.
McCreery was able to observe the alleged altercation from the stage and was clearly upset by it.
The singer and father of one was just seconds into his performance before he stopped the music, shouting, ‘Hey, hey, hey! Right here, right here, that’s a lady you just hit, sir.
Country singer Scotty McCreery interrupted his show to kick out a man who allegedly struck a woman in the audience
‘Absolutely not, you just hit the lady. Police? Security? Is she OK? Get the heck out of here.’
‘On God’s green earth. At a Scotty McCreery show? What are you doing?’ he continued.
‘Y’all let the cop know who hit the lady. That’s absolutely unacceptable,’ he added.
‘Whoever you are, that’s the definition of a coward, hitting a lady. Get the heck out of here,’ he said to applause.
‘The world said let’s get on back to the show,’ he concluded once the disruption died down.
Officials with the Colorado State Fair confirmed an incident did occur during McCreery’s set.
Fair representatives did not share the man’s name or reveal if he ended up getting arrested.
‘We can confirm that an incident took place at the Scotty McCreery concert where a man assaulted a woman and the performer stopped the show,’ Olga Robak, director of communications with The Colorado Department of Agriculture, told USA Today.
The singer was just seconds into his performance before he stopped the music, shouting, ‘Hey, hey, hey! Right here, right here, that’s a lady you just hit, sir’
McCreery was able to observe the alleged altercation from the stage and was clearly upset by it
Video posted online captured the moment McCreery brought the ‘unacceptable’ incident to attention during a performance of his track It Matters To Her
McCreery rose to fame after winning season 10 of American Idol back in 2011; pictured 2022
The country singer has been married to wife Gabi since 2018; pictured 2021
Robak elaborated that crowd control efforts were done in part by Colorado State Fair security.
‘This incident is still under investigation and we cannot comment further,’ Robak added.
McCreery rose to fame after winning season 10 of American Idol back in 2011.
The country singer has been married to wife Gabi since 2018 and in 2022 they welcomed their first child together, a son named Merrick ‘Avery’ McCreery.
