Somebody is not in the holiday spirit! Popular Hebrew rapper Matisyahu allegedly kicked a female photojournalist in her face at a concert in Brooklyn this week because he felt the flash from her camera was “distracting.” More details after the jump!
(TMZ)–On Wednesday night, a photographer named Rebecca Smyne tweeted, “I was just attacked by mAtisyahu calling cops pressing charges. Wtf! He kicked me in face and broke my camera!!!!!”
A short time later, Smyne went back to Twitter and explained … “I’m ok; after cops showed, matisyahu’s manager, who witnessed the incident, gave me a fat stack of cash to cover damages. Happy hanukkah!”
After the show Matisyahu, posted a tweet to Rebecca … saying, “sorry about last night.I totally snapped.I wouldn’t call it a kick, more like stepping into the crowd.”
He continued, “being that you’ve shot so many shows you should know how distracting a huge flash in your face is.”
Rebecca claims she barely used a flash that night — and calls BS on Matisyahu’s “it wasn’t a kick” defense … saying, “He stepped on my face on purpose … it hurt.”
Calls to Matisyahu’s reps have not been returned.
