Thoughts on Adam Levine’s reaction to a fan jumping on stage and touching him?

Here is the original video, posted yesterday and went super viral, with almost 7 million views already.

Adam Levine is an asshole.

I don't blame him.

What kind of idiot thinks it's ok to run on stage when a performer is working?

Does she do this as Broadway shows, too?

I would have been OK if she had been shot.

He has a sexy energy about him.

In this insane, violent world, you are taking your life in your hands doing something stupid like that. That being said, he deserves all that and more for polluting the world and every grocery store in America with his unbearable frau tunes for the past 15+ years.

Like they’re gonna harm a blonde white woman r5.

R6 Go away

She thinks he will be OK with it because she is white and blonde.

She thinks he will be ok with it because he is a rock singer and it's a rock show. God people are so uptight these days

Celine Dion handled an even worse situation with class.

I think it was less about her touching him, although that is a huge security breach and clearly unnerving and more about the interrupted performance. He needs better security.

I remember when this happened to our sweet Britney. Her backup dancers rushed him lololol

Why are people still after him? The moment a man gets married and has children he becomes boring.

R13 ummmm not the case for celebs

I would have just brushed her off and continued on. Looks like he has hair-trigger temper if you ask me.

I'm with Adam Levine on this one. He was not being an asshole, who knows what she could have done - she could have run up there and knifed him. Seriously, some fans can be absolute loons.

It's not like he stopped the show and told her off or something. If you think what he did was over reacting, get a laugh out of this classic by comparison...

[quote]What kind of idiot thinks it's ok to run on stage when a performer is working?

One who's been to a rock concert before. Levine is more than old enough to remember when fans jumped on stage all the time, and rock stars didn't act like prissy little junior high girls when it happened, like he did. The way he acted, you would have thought he was a tween girl who just had someone put a worm on her desk after lunch.

[quote]I would have been OK if she had been shot.

I guess pretending to be a psychopath is a laugh riot here on the Dee Ell.

No one has the right to go on the stage during a performance unless invited. Period.

He is an asshole but that fan was completely out of line. You can't jump on stage and grab a performer. That is batshit crazy behavior.

The nerve of that frau.... who does that?

Who does that? Um, rock fans throughout rock and roll history is who.

If a man jumped onstage and grabbed a female singer like that, would she be told to humble herself on social media? I don't think so.

Yes, fans used to rush the stage at rock concerts. There a lot of things that people used to do that aren't okay any more.

If it isn't okay for a man to do it, it isn't okay for a woman to do it, either.

Who does she think she is, Courteney Cox?

It does seems more dangerous when a man jumps on stage with a female performer. This man got his ass beat after jumping on stage with Nicki Minaj. Her security went a bit overboard.

R21 is such a pansy

I'd run up on stage - if only to keep him from singing that shit music.

He shouldn't be on stage in the first place.

This happened to me once at an awards show--some drunken idiot rushed the stage when I won.

Now I carry a knife with me when I go up there.

r24 is such a homophobe.

[quote]Who does that? Um, rock fans throughout rock and roll history is who.

What does Adam Levine have to do with rock?

God, can you imagine jumping on stage...at an Adam Levine concert? Jesus Christ, at least have it be someone worth risking arrest.

Adam Levine??

[quote] Adam Levine is an asshole.

I’m sure he is, but a random stranger coming over and touching you in a pandemic should be shot.

Nobody's mentioned how he was slaughtering that note in the song when she grabbed him.

[quote]a random stranger coming over and touching you in a pandemic should be shot

"Someone got a reaction by saying this before, I'm gonna say it again and get some attention! This is fun!"

Okay, I think he was surprised but was just being a ham. It’s not like he cursed her out and tried to hit the woman. Everybody relax.

We’re in a pandemic, people. Keep your grubby hands to yourself.

r32, most of us knew not to unmute that video. We hear enough of his caterwauling at local supermarkets and Petcos already.

I wish she stabbed him or threw acid on him, what an annoying loser.

R10 Wow, that really made me like Celine a hell of a lot more. She has always been known to be humble and having a good heart. Perhaps it is because she grew up so poor?

But while I think that was an amazing reaction from Celine, I don’t hold Adam’s reaction against him. It is a bit much, and while he would have been smart to handle it with fun, he doesn’t have to. He is doing a show, not at a meet and great. It is his space, not hers.

But, just imagine with the singer was Black and it was a White women. Twitter would go on and on about how White women don’t respect Black boundaries.

She is an entitled dumbass. These are the days of covid she needs to back the fuck off. And I say this as someone who absolutely hates every song he has ever released.

And she willllllll get slapped, and she wiiiiiilll get slapped 🎶 🎶 🎶

He didn't hurt her in any way, she just froze up, shrugged her off, shivered and said "FUCK!" in disgust when the guards pulled her off.

What was he supposed to do--enjoy being felt up by a complete stranger who was not allowed to be on stage?

He's got a great body, no matter how shitty his music is.

I think Adam Levine is a gross ninny with bad music, but I would’ve been a lot harsher on that lady than he was.

Sorry r33 some of us have lives and don’t spend all our time reading and then cataloging every utterance on DL. Good luck with your permanent environmental disability claim tho. 💯

I actually only have two issues with Adam: He's ugly and he can't sing.

Assholes on social media LOOOOOOVE to demand people be HUMBLE!

All of these fans who says he overreacted are the same ones who lecture about personal space and non-consensual touching . I guess it's only an issue when it is done to a woman.

What was an overreaction was I recently saw Alanis Morrisette and Garbage and Shirley Manson lectured the crowd *twice* because someone tossed a balloon onstage.

[quote] Levine is more than old enough to remember when fans jumped on stage all the time, and rock stars didn't act like prissy little junior high girls when it happened, like he did.

Junior High School is what they called Middle School about 50 years ago.

Which is when fans jumped on stage regularly.

It's a different world these days Gramps.

He was 100% correct to be freaked out and pissed at his security people.

[quote] One who's been to a rock concert before. Levine is more than old enough to remember when fans jumped on stage all the time

[quote] Who does that? Um, rock fans throughout rock and roll history is who.

This is not 1970s anymore, gramps.

LOL R48

“But if a so-and-so did this!!” “What about if this happened!” Fucking groooww uup you toddlers

Great minds R49

The ultimate overzealous fan is this Michael Jackson fan who hitched a ride in his crane.

He didn't look startled he looked disgusted and acted like she had cooties.

Much ado about nothing which is exactly what Twitter is all about. He was in mid-expression when she jumped on stage, he just continued and completed that expression then shrugged off the whole incident. I'm no Adam Levine fan, but that's exactly how he should have handled it

R54 He would be apologizing if that woman was black.

He should have fucked her right on stage then everyone would be happy

He seems to have laughed it off but it scared him at first. It's a reaction everyone would have had

Let's be real. She was extorting her young white blonde chick privilege. If that were someone from any other demographic, they would have gotten treated far worse by security as well as the artist themselves. He shrugged her off and was annoyed by her actions, that was it. I have zero ounces of sympathy for her getting rejected for pulling some stupid shit like that.

^ exerting, damn you auto correct!

"They've hit Buddy! Come on, girls!"

"he looked disgusted and acted like she had cooties"

You didn't see her face they were crawling out of her nostrils

It's his natural reaction to any female who touches him

You’ve got to give him credit for surfing 🏄 on that 1 song for 15 yrs

LOL r61

[quote] he looked disgusted and acted like she had cooties

That's exactly how Angela Merkel reacted when George W. Bush infamously came up behind her when she was seated at a G-7 summit and put his hands on his shoulders.

Was she wrong to do that? If not, then why is Levine wrong to do this with this woman grabbing him when he wasn't expecting it?

We all learned in elementary school you're not allowed to touch someone without their permission. BAD TOUCH!

I thought the video was going to show Levine cunt punting someone. He looks startled a little annoyed and that’s it.

Move it along toots!

In R23's case, that guy deserved to get beaten just by virtue of being a fan of someone as talentless and insufferable as Nicki Minaj. If you're going to risk being violently thrown out of the stage by security, at least do it for someone who is worthy of it.

And you're right, R10: Céline is a consummate professional and knows how to handle all situations in a graceful, positive and classy manner. Then again, she is more of an old school superstar and not just a product of nepotism like Levine, nor the result of appealing to the lowest common denominator, like Minaj.

Just a basic bitch looking for attention and lacking impulse control. Her not him.

But what if she had a knife?

R64 20 yrs

He should be grateful anyone at the state fair would go see Maroon 5

R54 Well for all he knew she was carrying the Rona. I would have pepper sprayed her.

It's funny seeing all of the dumb but hyper earnest comments on twitter defending Levine by talking about CONSENT and Bad Touch. It's like that's the only lens through which certain people can see. Nothing else occurs to them. The bigger problem that probably drove his reaction was ( a) what if she was a nut job with a weapon and (b) COVID.

[quote] I would have just brushed her off and continued on.

That’s exactly what he did.

His reaction was fine. He didn’t even look at her, he just knew he was being grabbed onstage by some freak who had no right to do it.

But let’s be clear. The greatest offense there is the 60fps setting that the fan used to record the video.

Adam Levine is a cunt. That's no excuse for the fucking moron who ran up onstage. He could have been trying to kill him for all Levine knew.

He had a face of disgust

The fan took advantage of her female privilege. A guy would have been tackled and arrested.

lol his music attracts such people. I imagine his fans must exhaust him.

He’s exhausting. He’s a diva cunt. So much so that NBC fired him.

Hey if Gaston can do it...

[quote]He would be apologizing if that woman was black.

I doubt any self-respecting black woman would be at an Adam Levine concert, so even the hypothetical is preposterous.

R56 Let me guess, you regularly insist that it's those dreaded " SJWs" who are obsessed with race.

"I doubt any self-respecting black woman would be at an Adam Levine concert"

I love Adam Levine

LOL ^

I’m not a fan but I felt he was restrained and the woman was an idiot

I hate her ugly leather pants.

[quote] He had a face of disgust

Yes, and…?

Are they performing in someone's basement? It doesn't look too arena-like in the video.

^ Yeah, I thought Adam Levine was kind of a big deal around here, but that looks like a high school dance

I doubt they still sell stadiums

Mutilated Jew dick and ugly tats. Pass

He looked startled and then shook off his jumpiness by saying “fuck!”

Nothing ridiculous about what he did, and I’m not surprised by her actions. I’m sure his security will be beefed up.

[quote] Mutilated Jew dick

Most American men are circumcised regardless of religion. You know this.

I'm not a fan of his, but that video was clear enough to me. The woman was an idiot, he brushed her off nicely, and made a little joke out of it when walking away. I think he handled it very well, actually.

If he had snuggled up to her, then that's sending a signal that it's ok for any other dingbat to storm the stage and do the same.

Joan Crawford would be disappointed in this. That's not how you treat your fans. They're the ones who made him and everyone else in Hollywood.

Entertainers have zero respect for their fans anymore. They're the ones who made it possible for them to live the lives they lead. Most celebrities don't really seem to care about their supporters. They just want the support the money and to be left alone after they received what they wanted.

Fuck Adam Levine!

You're right, this is national SCANDAL and an outrage! So worth this post and discussion. No matter where I go -- beauty parlor, Baptist Church, supersaver -- EVERYONE is talking about that "awful" Levine boy!

he's fucking ugly and sings like a cat being strangled

John Lennon.

If she'd tried that shit while I was trying to entertain my fans, I know y'all know what action I would take.

This is why we no longer have Stars. We just have trashy celebrities now.

They just don't give a fuck anymore.

Social Media killer the Stars

Buck would've been gracious.

Adam Levine should be thankful he's gotton to where he is. Seriously, for such a mediocre, unnatractive, BORING person, he's lucky.

I hate Adam Levine, I think he looks like a walking STD with worms and I think his reaction was fine. He could've punched her or something and instead he just went on. I'd be pissed at security if I were him.

[quote] Joan Crawford would be disappointed in this.

Who gives a shit? She's been dead for nearly fifty years. The world has moved on.

Oh Stevie @ R99, your ancient fans can barely walk and maintain control over their bowel movements. It's impossible for one of them to climb the stage while you're rasping and bleating, without breaking a hip. Moreover, everyone knows that you'd only be angry if they weren't carrying any... ehem, "snow".

According to a couple of women at the well, this person had been suffering from feminine hemorrhaging for years and had faith that if she could only touch his tunic she would be cured.

[quote] Twitter would go on and on about how White women don’t respect Black boundaries.

R38, You really just pulled this one out of your ass, didn't you?

That being said, Adam's reaction was fine. I've seen much worse. She shouldn't have been up there. She's lucky he didn't fling her off like a rag doll.

R105 I haven't. Buy by book - updated with a new prologue!

Reminds of this, which I love. Poor Moz.

She should be thankful that Faith Hill wasn't there.

I’d eat his ass.

They deserve each other.

Such a gurly man..

I'm completely on his side.

Plus, the reaction was a big nothing? Reading the headline I thought he completely freaked out and canceled the concert or something.

[quote] Buck would've been gracious.

[quote]—Beth

Who the hell are these Buck and Beth people that certain DLers are always referring to? I can’t be the only person who hasn’t a clue.

Most people aren't defending what she did. I think people just can't stand him. He's such a douche in general.

It comes from the movie Ordinary People, R117, which stars Mary Tyler Moore (Beth) Donald Sutherland and Timothy Hutton (Conrad) - a family dealing with the death of the eldest child - Buck. Anyway, Beth is cold and distant and in her grieving she puts Buck on a pedestal and makes multiple comments about how "Buck would have done this [something good]" or "Buck wouldn't have done that [something bad]" - sometimes comparing his assumed behavior to Conrad or someone else who is living.

I don't think it's that funny (usually), but that's the reference.

For r117 and r119:

R118 That's the problem with DL, isn't it?

Like Alec Baldwin, they hate him sooo much that they can't separate facts from feelings. DLers are silly people.

That would have been a palpable zinger... if you weren't one of the anti-trans trolls who are on here 24/7, r44.

It's not that the reaction was nothing, it's that he acted like a little girl grossed out by cooties.

R123 Can you blame him? Girls! Ick!

He needs a t-shirt that says NO GURLZ ALOUD.

The comments about her having COVID cooties never rang true to me, surely he's vaccinated plus she had a kicky little mask on, but if we're talking noted heterosexualist Adam Levine being grossed out by icky girl cooties then yeah, that explains a lot.

She’s a stranger

[quote]Nobody's mentioned how he was slaughtering that note in the song

Just the one?

Thank you R119.

I kind of thought he was making a joke of her having cooties or something, and probably knew security would drag her off. We make such big to-dos about nothing these days. The skank should have kept her ass off stage.

[quote] if you weren't one of the anti-trans trolls who

Agenda Beast raises its very ugly head.

I’m an anti-transtapo troll and proud of it. I’m not anti-trans. Sorry but -1,433,264/10.

R14, not even the case for non-celebs. If a guy is hot or even average, most don't care if they're married.

I agree with R19, I think he's a dick, but the fan has no right to jump up there - asking for a lot of trouble. In this day - she could be bat shit crazy and have a knife, etc.

Not Surprising, he behaved like a typical American asshole.

Performing on stage, presumably operating in ones mental zone or whatever, and suddenly having someone with unknown intent grab one, would be a scary moment. In the twisted psychological experiment that is 2021 who knows what the hell anyone's intent is? Whether you like Levine or not is hardly the issue. Musicians have been murdered by deranged fans on stage.