Tim McGraw Speaks Out About Female Fan Slap

Tim McGraw speaks out for the first time about slapping a female concert goer in Georgia last week. Tim McGraw finally speaks out and says it was an instinctive and quick reaction to hit the woman who tore his pants and he plans to move on from the incident. A rep for Tim McGraw had originally dismissed the slap by saying the star only swatted the fan, but a video showed it was an opened hand slap and the singer was slammed for his action.

Tim McGraw speaks out after forcefully slapping a fan who attended his concert in Aaron’s Amphitheatre in Lakewood, Georgia on July 13th.

McGraw brought his Sundown Heaven Town Tour to Georgia last week where he performed in front of a full house.

At one point during the concert, Tim McGraw stepped on a smaller stage to be closer to his fans as he performed “Truck Yeah” and that is when an overzealous female held on to his leg and started pulling it.

The hands-on supporter eventually tore the jeans and it appears that she willingly or accidentally touched him inappropriately.

Tim McGraw slapped the lady for ripping his pants and she was rapidly removed from the show by his bodyguards.

McGraw spoke out about the slap in an interview with ET Canada where he explained that it was pure instinctive reaction to smack the woman who was harassing him.

The 47-year-old country star said it was a mistake, but it happened and they should move on. He explained:

“Sometimes things can lose context and perspective. I reacted in an instinctive, defensive way from my perspective of what was going on. I think it was an unfortunate situation, I think all the way around. But it happened, it happened in a split second, it was pure instinctive reaction, I think you just got to move on.”

He went on to revealed that he felt bad about the whole situation:

“It is one of those things that happen, nobody feels good about it, but there’s nothing that could be done about it. You are in that position, you are out there, you are vulnerable, things happen and sometimes you react. There’s nothing to be said about it.”

The woman who received the slap did not file a police report.

Tim McGraw also spoke out about those constant “Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Getting Divorce” headlines by stating that he no longer thinks about them because he is used to it.

But his children are sometimes shocked and upset when they see these headlines in tabloids in their local supermarkets.