Singer Monica stopped her Detroit show to defend a woman who was assaulted in the audience.
Saturday night video Riverfront Music Festival showed the “Boy Is Mine” singer jumping off the stage to confront the male assailant.
Fans cheered in approval as security guards followed Monica into the crowd.
“You don’t hit any lady like that,” she warned before the man was sent off the festival.
After the incident, Monica returned to the stage and apologized to the fans for losing her composure.
“That shit triggered me,” she said. “I saw him punch that lady in the face, I lost my temper. I’m sorry. I apologize from the bottom of my heart.”
Still a little excited, the ’90s hitmaker admitted, “I wanted to knock [his] go wild with this goddamn mic.
Monica on addressed the fight in a comment on The Shade Room’s Instagram on Sunday.
“I apologized there and I apologize here for my actions, but no one would take action!” she wrote. “I was so triggered, I looked and she didn’t even seem to know him!”
“It turned out to be about space during a packed concert!” she continued. ‘He hit her with all his might! My intention was to keep her from getting hit again and she didn’t! I asked for help, it fell on deaf ears! It was like watching my mother or an aunt being attacked!! This woman was 50+, I pray she’s okay!”
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Riverfront Music Festival spokesperson Andrus Macdonald reports this in a statement to CBS News praised Monica for taking action.
“We would like to thank Monica for her courage and decisive intervention during an unfortunate incident at our festival,” he said. “Her actions showed a commitment to the safety and respect of her fans, and reinforced our belief that she is not only an extraordinary talent, but an extraordinary individual.”
He continued by saying that the organizers were “really saddened that an event intended to bring joy and unity to our community was marred by an act of violence” and are currently working with law enforcement to hold the attacker accountable.
Surprisingly, this wasn’t even Monica’s first foray into crowd management this year.
During a concert in Washington DC, in April, the star told rowdy audiences to “calm that shit down” or get their issues out there.