Hayley Williams apologises after removing two fans from Paramore show

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Hayley Williams has released a statement apologising for the way she had two fans removed from a recent Paramore show, saying “I am sorry for whatever shame or embarrassment I may have caused you”.Earlier this week, Paramore played two sold-out shows at New York’s Madison Square Gardens.

Following the first night (May 30), footage of Hayley Williams kicking two fans out of the venue went viral.The incident happened while the band were performing ‘Figure 8’, with the fans apparently pushing to get to the front of the venue. “What is happening?” asked Williams while the crowd pointed at two fans. “Yes, I will embarrass both of you.

Both of you need to find somewhere else to take care of that shit because that’s not happening here tonight, this is our house,” she added as she kicked them out of the show.Hayley stops “Figure 8” at the @paramore show to yell at two fans who were fighting during the song pic.twitter.com/cjMAw9Nbtp— Andrew Harts (@AndrewHarts) May 31, 2023However, Williams has now taken to the band’s discord to share a lengthy statement about how she reacted to the confrontation.She started by saying she’s “really not proud” of the how events unfolded, before talking about how important it was to find a sense of “belonging” when she was younger, which is why she joined Paramore. “It makes a lot of sense now why I found my way into a type of music that was all about community.

Joining a band was the best thing to ever happen to little me. I suppose the same is true for current me,” she wrote.She went on to describe how, at MSG, the audience made her aware of two people causing a problem.