Chaos broke out at a live Pat McAfee show in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night after a group of fans started brawling in the crowd.
During McAfee’s ‘Big Night Aht’ event at PPG Paints Arena, footage shows several members of the audience throwing fists as mayhem ensues up in the stands.
It is unclear what caused the scrap, which saw one man in a black shirt get sucker punched by another guy when trying to break things up.
The man fell down the stairs before being hit repeatedly on the back of the head, only for the melee to fizzle out when he returned to his feet and tried to grab hold of his attacker.
Security eventually diffused the situation before the two individuals were escorted out of the arena, before other members of the crowd continued to exchange punches after they’d gone.
According to TMZ Sports, no arrests were made despite the shocking incident that occurred during the show.
Chaos broke out in the crowd at a live Pat McAfee show in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night
Fan footage shows several members of the audience throwing fists as mayhem ensues
McAfee was hosting the event in his hometown of Pittsburgh, with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Shane Gillis, Wiz Khalifa and Paul Skenes joining him on the night.
Unfortunately for the fans in attendance there was no guest appearance from Aaron Rodgers despite speculation that he would show up ahead of his rumored move to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
After his live show, McAfee finally addressed the recent criticism he’s faced for spreading a viral internet rumor on Thursday.
Ole Miss student Mary Kate Cornett, 19, received multiple threats over posts falsely claiming she had a sexual relationship with the father of her University of Mississippi boyfriend, Evan Solis, also 19.
The vicious rumors have since sparked a FBI investigation and the Cornett family are considering legal action against anyone who initially shared it online.
The vile claims have never been proven and all parties involved have denied the allegations. In recent weeks, Cornett has criticized McAfee and other high-profile stars who spread the rumor for negatively impacting her life.
Barstool Sports chief Dave Portnoy expressed regret that his media empire played a part, telling the Daily Mail on Wednesday he would be ‘p***ed’ if he was Cornett’s family.
McAfee was hosting the live event back in his hometown of Pittsburgh this week
Now McAfee has spoken out on the situation as well, telling the crowd at his ‘Big Night Aht’ event that he ‘never wants to be a part of anything negative in anybody’s life’.
The former NFL punter said in Pittsburgh: ‘Just like the current situation that is happening, where I have a lot of people saying that I should be sued. I want to say this: I never, ever want to be a part of anything negative in anybody’s life, ever.
‘That is not what I want to do. You f***ing know it that my lawyers are Pittsburgh lawyers and they’re in here tonight. I do believe that they have a suite here that I have certainly contributed to. They have the same mindset as me, empathy but understanding reality.
‘We will try to figure that out and make some sort of silver lining in a very terrible situation. You can have that promise from me.’
