Chris Jericho attended a memorial show for a friend on Friday, and outside, a rude fan pushed him just a little too far.
Chris Jericho was in attendance this past Friday at a memorial show for musician David Z, who passed away earlier this month in a bus crash. While Jericho was outside at the show, however, the longtime WWE superstar got into an altercation with a fan.
TMZ received footage from the altercation on Friday shows Jericho getting into it pretty loudly with a fan, a fan who said that he was just trying to congratulate him on a recent match. Whatever the case, the meeting between the fan and Jericho was anything but cordial.
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In a recent update to the story, Jericho did reach out to TMZ to give his side of what took place in New York City on Friday.
“I was not in a good state of mind at that time and instead of ignoring a pushy (aka rude) fan which is what I would usually do, I snapped,” Jericho said. “My apologies to all involved and God bless David Z.”
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As there is always two sides to every story in anything, while the fan said that he was just innocently congratulating Jericho on a recent wrestling match, Jericho points to the fact that the fan was rude to him during a trying time as he was paying tribute to his friend who recently passed away. With the way these things usually go, there’s a good bet that Jericho’s side of the story here is accurate, as we’ve seen all too many times that fans can be extremely pushy toward celebrities when they really shouldn’t be.
Jericho recently made a surprise return to WWE during SmackDown Live last Tuesday after he was away for a few months on tour with his band Fozzy.