Morgan Wallen appeared to snatch a security guard’s phone and throw it across the stage during a Friday, June 5 show at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The clip spread in the days that followed, just one day after Wallen canceled a second Pittsbu
Morgan Wallen walked back toward a security guard holding up a phone to film his performance from beneath the stage at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh.
In footage shared by a fan on X. the country star is seen moving toward the guard after appearing frustrated that filming was continuing. He gestures into the phone’s camera to halt recording, then turns away to keep singing. When the guard doesn’t stop, he returns, snatches the phone from her hands, and tosses it across the stage.
The fan who posted the clip said what happened in plain terms: “A fan handed their phone to security, Morgan took the phone and threw it across the stage.”
The timing sharpened attention on the incident. One day after the June 5 show, Wallen canceled a second Pittsburgh performance. He said in an Instagram Stories message on Saturday. June 6 that “there is no choice but to cancel tonight’s show due to severe adverse weather conditions expected throughout the rest of the day and night. ” adding. “Safety for my fans and crew is the highest priority.”.
Wallen’s Still the Problem Tour. which kicked off in April. has already included earlier flare-ups tied to moments backstage or onstage. During the Denver. Colorado leg of the tour one week prior. he was seen flipping a piano over mid-performance inside Empower Field at Mile High stadium. Reports stated the instrument’s upturning was sparked by technical difficulties experienced by Wallen.
Four days after that piano mishap. Wallen addressed it on TikTok with a sarcastic message that appeared to come from the night after the flip. He told fans, “Hey, I just want you guys to know that right now this piano is working. That’s what they told me last night. too.” Us Weekly reached out to representatives for Wallen at the time but did not hear back.
The phone incident also adds to a longer trail of Wallen headlines involving issues with phones and other onstage moments. In 2024, social media footage seemingly showed a phone thrown at him while he performed in Denver for his One Night at a Time Tour.
His controversies over the years have covered a wide range of incidents as well. In May 2020. Wallen was arrested outside Kid Rock’s bar in Nashville for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. charges he was later cleared of. Later. headlines resurfaced again when he was seen without a face mask and kissing multiple women at college bars in Tuscaloosa. Alabama. during the COVID-19 pandemic. In February of the following year. TMZ published a video of Wallen saying the N-word. prompting him to issue a public apology.
“I’m embarrassed and sorry. I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back,” his statement read. “There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.”
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Wow what a mess.
So the guard was filming HIM?? Like I saw another post that made it sound way different. Still… throwing a phone is insane. Also canceling the next show like 100% weather lol.
People keep saying “safety” but if it was really weather then why does it line up with all this drama. Like sounds like he couldn’t handle getting checked by security and then the tour got embarrassed and suddenly it’s storms. I dunno, just feels like excuses.
He’s literally famous and still acting like a teenager. First the piano thing, now this, and I’m supposed to believe the vibes are “adverse weather” when it conveniently happens right after that clip. I’m not even from Pittsburgh but this is embarrassing for the whole stadium. Somebody’s gonna get blamed, watch.