Suspect Allegedly Told Cops Why He Threw Phone at Bebe Rexha.
The fan charged with chucking a cellphone at Bebe Rexha’s face as she performed at a Manhattan concert Sunday allegedly committed the assault for his own amusement.
“I was trying to see if I could hit her with the phone at the end of the show because it would be funny,” accused phone-pelter Nicolas Malvagna said, according to a criminal complaint.
Malvagna, 27, was arrested and charged with assault, aggravated harassment, attempted assault, and harassment after his alleged stunt left the “I’m Good (Blue)” singer with a black eye.
Rexha, 33, was on stage wrapping up her concert on the Rooftop at Pier 17 when he allegedly hurled the phone at her.
The forceful toss left the singer-songwriter bloodied and bruised, according to police and photos she posted of her injury.
She was rushed off stage and taken to a hospital, where she received stitches to close an open cut above her left eye.
Video taken by an audience member shows the phone flying through the air and striking the Staten Island-raised star in the face — causing her to recoil, clutch her cheek and sink to the floor in pain.
“She staggered around, fell down, and her people pulled her off the stage,” concert-goer Brian Good, 48, told The Post of the “scary” incident.
“Bebe struggles a lot in the industry because of their bias against her age and weight,” he added. “She kept mentioning things that had happened to her in the city or when she was growing up and how happy the show was for her as a sort of homecoming. Sad it ended like that.”
Many fans scolded the violent stunt and called for the person responsible to be held accountable.
“Wow, this is so vile, nasty, and disturbing. Bebe Rexha doesn’t deserve this at all. I hope she is ok, and I hope the person who threw the phone gets charged with assault,” one follower tweeted.
The next day, the Grammy-nominated songstress posted pics of her injury to Instagram with the caption: “Im good.”
Prior to the attack, Rexha said she was “definitely having the best f–king tour of my life” in an Instagram post.
Malvagna, of Manalapan, New Jersey, was freed without bail following an arraignment Monday.
He was ordered to stay away from Rexha.
