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Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age Makes A Flimsy Excuse For Being An Asshole

by Paul Cashmere on December 11, 2017

in News

Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has issued a non-apology after kicking a photographer in the head at a concert in Los Angeles on the weekend.

Homme was filmed kicking photographer Chelsea Lauren clearly in the head while performing and responded by saying he was “lost in performance” when it happened.

“Last night, while in a state of being lost in performance, I kicked over various lighting and equipment on our stage,” Homme’s statement reads. “Today it was brought to my attention that this included a camera held by photographer Chelsea Lauren. I did not mean for that to happen and I am very sorry. I would never intentionally cause harm to anyone working at or attending one of our shows and I hope Chelsea will accept my sincere apology.”

Lauren stayed to photograph Thirty Seconds to Mars and Muse but was then taken to nearby Cedars-Sinai Hospital for treatment. She will file a police report against Homme.

 

Thank you everyone that has reached out with supportive messages. A small update, as I’m being flooded with questions: My neck is a sore, my eyebrow bruised and I’m a bit nauseous. The doctor released me early in the morning. Here are three images. Two of them as Josh looked at me, smiled and then kicked me. The other one is later after he cut his own face with a knife. I was in the pit in tears – and he just stared at me smiling. Assault in any form is not okay, no matter what the reasoning. Alcohol and drugs are no excuse. I was where I was allowed to be, I was not breaking any rules. I was simply trying to do my job. I hold nobody accountable for this but Josh himself. KROQ has nothing to do with this and I will always support them. The irony is someone had thrown an ice cube on to the very slick catwalk before the QOTSA set. I was afraid that one of the band members might slip and hurt themselves so, when the lights went dark, I used my arm to wipe down the runway so nobody would hurt themselves. Thank you to @variety for their immediate concern and care with this matter. As of now, nobody from QOTSA has reached out to me. #queensofthestoneage #QOTSA #JoshHomme

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