COUNTRY music heartthrob Riley Green furiously kicked a “jealous boyfriend” out of his gig after being hit with a phone that left him with a bloody ear.
Riley needed five stitches to piece his ear back together following the Melbourne show on his Cowboy As It Gets tour.
During the gig, he was struck by a phone pelted from the pit which caused him to stop the performance and take off his guitar.
He then pointed out the offender and directed security to haul him out. Smiling with blood running down his neck, Riley then slung his guitar back on before being cheered by the raucous crowd.
The 37-year-old told them: “Damn, am I bleeding? See how tough I am?”
He then said: “You can get your phones out, and you can turn the flashlight on – but don’t throw them at me.”
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The violent incident certainly did no harm to Riley’s aura. His smitten fans sent messages of support on Instagram.
One said: “My babyyyyyy was bleeding.”
Another wrote: “Brother, don’t hurt my wife’s boyfriend!”
A third said: “He was bleeding but he’s a Bama boy…that’s just a little scratch. He can do anything he wants!”
While on one video, a fan wrote: “PSA to the jealous boyfriends., don’t throw your phones at Riley Green xx.”
Riley had a fun time despite the incident and regretted not being able to play for longer.
He wrote on Instagram: “Ole buddy ’bout ran outta anytime minutes last night… but a hell of a time was had.”
Riley’s become a global phenomenon in recent years.
Heartfelt songs like I Wish Grandpas Never Died, There Was This Girl, and Different ‘Round Here (feat. Luke Combs) have resonated thanks to their honest storytelling and southern drawl.
He supported Morgan Wallen at his BST Hyde Park gig in 2024 but put on a headline-worthy show.
Speaking about his summer in the capital, he told Entertainment Focus: “I wasn’t nervous but I certainly didn’t expect what happened! I thought that there would be, maybe, a handful of folks that knew a couple of my songs but they knew every word to every song.
“To see the size of the crowd……. especially when you go to another country and Canada had been the only other time I had played outside the States….. things are usually gradual in building up a fan base, right? It was shocking to see how passionate people were about country music over here.”
And he returned to these shores last year for some sold out gigs of his own.