It wasn't a cell phone that killed Luke Bryan, it was a slippery spot on stage, the country star explained.
The “Play it Again” and “That's My Kind of Night” singer cleared the record about his weekend binge on stage during his Coast City Country show at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada, which he initially attributed to slipping on the a fan's cell phone, according to the Vancouver Sun. Despite falling on his back, Bryan took the moment in stride and returned a phone that had been on stage to an audience member, joking that “his lawyer will call him.” He also played the video of the slip on the big screen, TMZ reported.
But on Monday, the “American Idol” judge clarified that the phone was not to blame for that unplanned choreography.
“Everyone is reporting [about the] cell phone, but I was exaggerating that,” the 47-year-old singer told “Entertainment Tonight.” “I don't think it was a cell phone. “I think it was just skillful.”
But the “viral moment” didn’t hurt, figuratively speaking, as it gave her the opportunity to promote her new single “Love You, Miss You, Mean It,” she said.
“Now I have to make the bumper sticker: 'I busted my butt and this is my new single,'” he joked.
Joking aside, the kind-hearted musician said he was worried the fall might have caused back problems. He told “ET” that last week he had back problems again after biking so much when he was in Los Angeles. Exercising so much this way has forced him to go to a chiropractor to get it checked out.
“When I hit the ground, I thought, 'Oh!' The first thing [I thought] was, 'Oh God, all the work I did to make my back feel better is gone!'” he said, laughing.
The accident-prone performer previously fell off a stage during a show in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2014; he required some stitches. Then, in 2022, he fell again during a concert in Raleigh.
