*Victor Wembanyama is speaking out about the Britney Spears “slap” incident in Las Vegas Thursday.
Spears claims a member of the San Antonio Spurs’ security team slammed her after she gave Wembanyama a friendly tap on the shoulder in an attempt to meet him. According to Wembanyama, the pop star “grabbed” him from behind outside Catch restaurant and that’s why the head of his security popped her in the face.
As People reports, the 19-year-old NBA star addressed the situation in a video shared by KENS reporter Nate Ryan on Twitter.
“I saw the news obviously,” Wembanyama told reporters in the clip. “I woke up to a couple of phone calls. Something did happen a little bit when I was walking with some security of the team to some restaurant. We were in a hall and there was a lot of people so people were calling me obviously.”
Wembanyama said he heard “one person” call his name repeatedly but security told him that stopping would result in a large crowd. He was not aware at the time that the person calling him was Spears.
Britney Spears has released a statement after being slapped in the face and pushed to the ground by a security guard for NBA player Victor Wembanyama and has slammed the player for laughing when she was hit.
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“That person grabbed me from behind,” he continued. “I didn’t see what happened because I was walking straight and they told me ‘Don’t stop.’ But that person grabbed me from behind, grabbed on my shoulder. She grabbed me from behind so I just know that the security pushed her away.”
He added, “I don’t know with how much force but security pushed her away. I didn’t stop to look so I kept walking and enjoyed a nice dinner.”
Britney has a different version of how the encounter went down, TMZ reports. In a statement shared on social media, she said, “I recognized an athlete in my hotel lobby as I was heading to dinner. I later went to a restaurant at a different hotel and saw him again.”
She continued: “I decided to approach him and congratulate him on his success. It was really loud, so I tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.”
NBA Rookie Victor Wembanyama addresses reports that Spurs security allegedly slapped Britney Spears when she approached him at a Las Vegas restaurant.
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— No Jumper (@nojumper) July 7, 2023
Spears insists she did not grab the athlete “from behind” she “simply tapped him on the shoulder.”
“His security then back handed me in the face without looking back, in front of the crowd. Nearly knocking me down and causing my glasses off my face,” Spears added, noting that her “security team didn’t hit any of them.”
“I also don’t appreciate nor do I thin this is a laughing matter. Watching the player smile and laugh was cruel and demoralizing with the situation that took place. I am 5’3 and he’s 7’4,” she posted.
According to TMZ, an eyewitness to the slapping said Britney was screaming “This is f****** America” after being assaulted.
Metro PD has launched a criminal investigation into the incident, TMZ reports.
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