VIDEO: The man, Nicolas Malvagna, who threw the phone at Bebe Rexha admits he was purposely trying to hit her because he thought it “would be funny

The man who threw the phone at Bebe Rexha admits he was purposely trying to hit her because he thought it “would be funny.”

He has since been charged with two counts of assault, one count of harassment, one count of aggravated harassment and one count of attempted assault, according to Rolling Stone.

The man who allegedly threw a phone at singer Bebe Rexha during a performance in New York City on Sunday said he did it because he thought “it would be funny,” according to a criminal complaint.

Nicolas Malvagna, 27, was arraigned Monday in New York City on misdemeanor charges of harassment and assault after allegedly throwing a phone at the 33-year-old singer during a concert the night before at Pier 17, a venue at the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan.

Video taken by an audience member shows the phone flying through the air and striking the Staten Island-raised star in the face — causing her to recoil, clutch her cheek and sink to the floor in pain.

“She staggered around, fell down, and her people pulled her off the stage,” concert-goer Brian Good, 48, told The Post of the “scary” incident.

Malvagna, 27, was arrested and charged with assault, aggravated harassment, attempted assault, and harassment after his alleged stunt left the “I’m Good (Blue)” singer with a black eye.

Rexha, 33, was on stage wrapping up her concert on the Rooftop at Pier 17 when he allegedly hurled the phone at her.

The forceful toss left the singer-songwriter bloodied and bruised, according to police and photos she posted of her injury.

In a statement provided to NBC News, Spodek said: “As a fan, Mr. Malvagna’s sole intention was to have Ms. Rexha take photos with his phone, and return it as a keepsake. It was never his intention to injure Ms. Rehxa.”

The criminal complaint says the incident caused Rexha “redness, swelling, bruising, and a laceration to her eye and substantial pain.”

According to the criminal complaint, an unnamed witness told police that he asked “who threw the phone,” and that Malvagna allegedly raised his hand and said, “I did.”

Malvagna then allegedly said: “I was trying to see if I could hit her with the phone at the end of the show because it would be funny,” according to the witness, the complaint states. Bebe struggles a lot in the industry because of their bias against her age and weight,” he added. “She kept mentioning things that had happened to her in the city or when she was growing up and how happy the show was for her as a sort of homecoming. Sad it ended like that.”

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