What made Mario recoil during his Detroit serenade? Unexpected rub disrupts singer's "Let Met Love You" performance

Mario was assaulted by a fan at his Detroit show at the Masonic Jack White Theatre on November 22, 2025. In a viral clip shared on X, the R&B singer is serenading his crowd when a female fan shockingly reaches for and grabs his crotch.

The fan’s hand lingers on the How Do I Breathe hitmaker’s private area until Mario steps back and recoils from their action. He appears to scold the offending fan gently and continues to perform for his fans.

Mario has not addressed the incident on social media, although netizens have criticized the unidentified female’s actions.

The incident at the Detroit show follows another one at the Big Fresno Fair in October 2025, where Mario asked a photographer to leave his stage. 

“I never want one recorded incident to wipe away the work I’ve done as a person,” Mario on his Fresno concert incident

Mario was in the middle of a rendition of his hit track Braid My Hair at the Big Fresno concert when he spotted a cameraman, Ryan Hudgins, on the stage behind him.

In the footage captured by a fan, the singer then angrily asks him to leave the stage:

 "Yo, get the f--- off the stage n----. Get off the stage."

Mario apologized for his actions on Instagram Stories a day after:

"People are misinformed about the Fresno situation. No one told us a cameraman was shooting my set. I got to the show 10 min before my performance and went on stage."

He added that seeing the cameraman suddenly on stage threw him off:

“A cameraman is not supposed to be that far downstage unless he’s with you and shooting you that close for a reason. It really can throw you off. In the midst of all of that, while walking backstage right, I got frustrated, and that’s when I said, ‘Yo, you gotta get the f--- off the stage,'

He took accountability for his reaction, adding that he never wanted one incident to mar his public image.

"This is why I stay out the way most of the time," Mario added. “I never want one recorded incident to wipe away the work I’ve done as a person to stay out of ya’ll mouths and the blogs!! I’ve performed under all types of circumstances. I’m a very professional person through and through. Anybody who works with me knows that."

He personally apologized to Hudgins and invited him to collaborate with him on his "Nothing But Us" tour.

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