A fan got a little too excited during Mario’s live rendition of “Let Me Love You.”
A clip from the R&B Nothing But Us Tour's Detroit stop shows a hand reaching from the crowd and grabbing Mario’s crotch, lingering before he moves the person’s arm away. Mario said something inaudible to the fan, as well, and continued his set without skipping a beat.
According to Instagram user @lauren_michactress, who posted the clip, the incident happened on Saturday in Detroit, Michigan. The user also pointed out the fan who grabbed Mario was wearing a wedding ring.
Prior to Mario’s tour, he made a special appearance during a tour stop on Monica and Brandy’s The Boy Is Mine Tour. After performing, he thanked Brandy by name, calling her “one of the greatest to ever do it,” but didn’t mention Monica.
Monica seemed to be slighted by this, later thanking several celebrities who attended the Los Angeles concert, except Mario. He later cleared the air on The Breakfast Club, explaining he was brought out during Brandy’s set, not Monica’s.
“First of all, Monica is amazing,” he said. “I love Monica. … It’s all love, like, that’s gang. I think these narratives are just crazy.”
“I’m happy to see both of them on tour,” he added. “Even when I posted when I was on the stage, I congratulated both of them. I gave them both flowers. People just be taking shit out of proportion, man. Stop trying to make me an R&B villain, man. Y’all don’t want the villain. I love ‘em both. Shoutout to the queens.”
