Even with crisis averted–the girl who took the brunt of the impact is okay–the shock of Miguel’s Billboard Music Awards “leg drop” remains palatable.
During Sunday’s performance of hit single “Adorn,” Miguel attempted to jump from one stage platform to another, leapfrogging rows of audience members in the process. Unable to totally clear the jump, Miguel’s appeared to make contact with at least one–and maybe two–fans.
One’s upper body got caught under his leg, and she, in effect, took a “leg drop” (or, more specifically, Zack Ryder’s “Rough Ryder” finishing move) from Miguel onto the edge of the stage.
In a Tweet later that night, Miguel commented, “got caught up in the moment, thank goodness Khyati is okay.” He and the victim were also shown laughing the incident off in a backstage clip posted Billboard.
On Monday, the R&B superstar added, “Rockandrollmademedoit.” While such a comment is not inappropriate given the girl’s assured safety, the implicit notion that he did not thoroughly plan and practice the jump is curious. Beyond the obvious safety concern for the audience, Miguel, himself, risked injury–if no one had broken his fall, his landing could have been very painful.
Insofar as the accidental leg drop resembled Zack Ryder’s “Rough Ryder” finisher, the WWE Superstar also weighed in on the situation.
He Tweeted, “Sick Rough Ryder by @MiguelUnlimited at the Billboard Music Awards” and also seemed to reference the Miguel incident (and his own absence from WWE’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view) by Tweeting, “at least someone hit it tonight” to Ricardo Rodriguez.