Justin Bieber endured yet another stage interruption on Sunday, when a shirtless male ran onto the stage at his Rio de Janeiro show and simultaneously hugged and leg-humped the singer.
The 19-year-old, who is currently moving through the South American leg of his Believe tour , had just sung the last few bars of his 2012 single “Boyfriend” when the stage invader burst through the line of back-up dancers and grabbed the teen star.
Justin’s quick thinking male dancers pulled the shirtless fan off the similarly shirtless heartthrob as concertgoers looked on.
Within seconds, bodyguards arrived to haul the interloper off stage. His feet literally didn’t touch the ground as he was dragged away.
From footage of the incident, the male appears to have been an excitable fan who got caught up in a bad case of “Bieber Fever.”
For his part, Justin appeared to keep his cool as the fan made contact and is even seen laughing.
Shaking hands with the dancers who extricated him and playacting a karate chop, the singer said on mic, “I thought that was an extra dancer bro, I didn’t know what the f_k.”
One of the male dancers then gestured to the Canadian as if to “hug it out,” and suddenly they all were.
Bieber grabbed the dancers into a huge stage love-in for a few moments, then turned back to the stadium crowd and said, “Yo! I got one question for you,” adding “Who wants to be my baby?” as a lead-in to his 2010 signature hit and show closer.
Considering Bieber has more reason than most to be pretty jumpy, after a water bottle was thrown at him during his Saturday Sao Paulo show which led to him cutting it short, it’s to his credit that he took the stage invasion in good sport.
It seems the pop prince has more of a problem with people who deliberately throw missiles at the stage, than natural fan exuberance.
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Brazil has been a typically dramatic tour stop for the”Heartbreaker” star.
Even before the show shenanigans, on Friday (Nov. 1) Justin was photographed — or rather his distinctive wrist tattoo, bodyguards and footwear were — coming out of Centauros, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most popular brothels.
Since then, insider explanations for his visit range from Bieber’s reported belief that the hot spot was just a “member’s club,” to needing somewhere to cool his jets after fans stormed the hotel he was staying at forcing him and his tour crew to vacate it.
Either way, the blogosphere is still talking about it. Just as the concertgoers who attended Bieber’s Rio show may still talking about the moment the shirtless superstar met his biggest shirtless fan.
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