The man charged with throwing a phone 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 at the Rooftop at Pier 17 when he allegedly hurled the phone at her.
The toss left the singer-songwriter bloodied and bruised, according to police and photos she posted online of her injury. She was rushed off stage and taken to a hospital, where she received stitches to close up an open cut above her left eye.
Video of the incident shared by concertgoers on social media showed Rexha grabbing her face and falling to her knees after she was hit while the crew members had to rush to her aid.
Rexha has been on her “Best F’n Night of My Life” tour since May.
“She staggered around, fell down, and her people pulled her off the stage,” concertgoer 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.”
Rexha’s fans took to Twitter to express their support for her, with many condemning the bizarre attack. They also 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.
Earlier in the show, the platinum blonde headliner had to stop a song mid-performance because people were fighting and asked security to split them up: “Half-way through the set and people are already fighting…welcome to New York,” Rexha told the audience.
Malvagna, from New Jersey, was freed without bail at the Monday court hearing and a judge ordered him to stay away from Rexha.
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