American “Badass” Kid Rock Stormed Off Stage Because People Weren’t Clapping Enough
For a man that tried to show his strength by poorly shooting at some Bud Light cans and then walking back his supposed boycott of the brand after being seen sucking down the stuff despite everything, noted rich kid Robert James Ritchie (aka Kid Rock) stormed off stage mid-performance because people just weren’t clapping to his liking. Because when you think “American Badass,” you think of people storming off the stage because their ego wasn’t stroked enough.
The incident in question took place in Nashville this past Saturday during a birthday celebration for Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan. Kid Rock was just one of the performers scheduled for that evening to join Bryan on stage for a song or two. Things started for the miffed grifter when he came out to perform Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary”.
According to videos shared on social media, things were going alright all things considered. But as the song went on, Kid Rock told the crowd to clap along. And while you can clearly see some people following his instructions, there were plenty of other people enjoying themselves in different ways — dancing, singing, and just generally having a good time.
But that wasn’t enough for Kid Rock. No sir, everyone had to follow his instructions or damn it, he wasn’t going to take that lying down. As you can see in the video below, he brings the song to a grinding halt before laying into the audience for a bit.
“Fuck them. Fuck them. Hey, hey, stop. If you ain’t gonna clap, we [ain’t] gonna sing. That’s how it’s gonna go.”
Ah, the old quid pro quo. Something tells me he learned that move from a certain tangerine tinted man he’s buddies with. But I digress. Shortly after that little outburst and a quick little bitchy demonstration of what he wanted, he got the show back on track. But again, people weren’t following his exact instructions, so like a professional and totally not a whiny bitch baby, he killed the performance and stormed off after one more outburst.
“You know what, f–k y’all. You ain’t gonna clap, I’m gone.”
Even Bryan — you know, the dude celebrating his birthday — looked at Kid Rock like “wtf?!” As the guy who totally grew up with a hard life and not living in a huge mansion 40 miles outside of Detroit killed the song. The rest of the night went on without a problem because most performers aren’t punk ass cry babies, so at least the celebration wasn’t completely ruined by that white trash diva.
