EA slapped your friend’s ex-bf? spill…
lol! This is old drama, circa 2011. I've written about it before.
I went to the Door Tour with my friend for my birthday. I had a VIP ticket but she didn't—she decided to come last minute—so she brought her bf for company. She wasn't an EA fan; she just wanted to hang for my birthday. She had no clue what the concerts were like.
You can watch it for yourself below. He told her to "take it off." She said "you take it off" and came up to the edge of the stage. I think he thought that she wanted him to take it off of her, not for him to take off his shirt.
So he reached for her and she slapped him. He deserved it (and, yes, he's an asshole), but I think it was partly a misunderstanding. No tears were shed when my friend finally broke up with him later on. I was not a fan.
Some people haved claimed he was drunk and was being otherwise destructive, but none of us were drinking (underaged) and I don't remember him doing anything else. But it has been over a decade.
This was also the same concert where EA was getting stalked by eBay sellers and flipped out on them in front of the venue, so it was an eventful day. I remember Veronica coming outside and calming everyone down because it happened right in front of the line. You can hear EA reference it at the beginning of this video (audio warning: immediately starts with fans screaming).
I did write EA a letter apologizing for bringing him. I was in high school at the time, deep in the depths of my full-cringe PR phase.