Harry Styles Gets GRABBED By Fan During Concert & Fans Run To His Defense

#RespectHarry began trending worldwide after a fan took their excitement way too far.

Over the weekend, your favorite celebrities took the stage at The Hollywood Bowl here in Los Angeles for We Can Survive, a star studded benefit concert that honors National Breast Cancer awareness month. The show is a huge hit, and this year was no different with a lineup that included Kessia, Sam Smith, Pink, Alessia Cara, a surprise performance by Niall Horan, and Harry Styles.

During Harry’s performance of Kiwi, the singer got down on his knees toward to the front of the stage to engage with fans. An anonymous source told Yahoo QUOTE “A fan then reached out and touched his crotch. He very quickly got up and appaeared to also shove their hand a little bit to remove them faster. You can tell it freaked him out a little because as he continued performing, he avoided the section that fan was standing in.”
There have been multiple videos of the incident posted to Twitter, which led to a major outcry from fans, but in one vid, you can see Harry noticeably move the fan’s hand away from his pants, as reported by the source.

Alongside the video, the user wrote, “touching harry’s crotch without consent is SEXUAL ASSAULT! this is VILE. he CLEARLY felt uncomfortable #respectharry”

Fans are now joining together to speak out against sexual assault and to once again remind people that it is never okay to touch anybody this way. Not long after the videos first appeared on social media, #RESPECTHARRY began trending, as people began speaking out about the cringe worthy incident.

One user reminded people that Harry was performing to support WOMEN when this all happened, writing, “Harry is out there using his platform to empower us women and y'all treat him like this. Disgusting. He isn't an object.” #RespectHarry

And perhaps the issue is truly the infatuation with celebrities just going too far.

Another shared: “Public Service Announcement: Celebrities are human beings. Harry Styles is a human being. He is not a sexual object #RespectHarry”

And while the hashtag really shows how loyal and intelligent the internet can be, one fan made a good point writing QUOTE “It’s sad that we still have to do these trends cause people still can’t respect Harry. Call this what it is. Sexual assault”

I, for one, am really happy to see so much support being shown for Harry, and hopefully, if anything, some people may truly learn from this experience. As far as Harry goes, that is a display of professionalism if I have ever seen it, because he handled a very inappropriate situation extremely well.

Now I want to hear from you, so hit the comments to share your reaction to the horrible incident and to seeing so many people speak up in support of Harry. I’m Sinead de Vries, and I’ll see you all back here soon on Clevver News.

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[shaniapr]

A man being sexually assaulted is just as serious as a woman being sexually assaulted #RespectHarrystyles stop treating him and personifying him as a sexual object that has no feelings and that goes for you too media!

[TalkAsSoftAsChalk]

Its sexual assault!! Gender has nothing to do with it. It should never be ignored.

[samehere]

What breaks my heart is that it has been going on since he was sixteen. He was sexualised, objectified got thrown objects on stage, got inappropiately touched even then. ofcourse he was professional he has been facing this for too long.#Respectharry

[lightquest]

Harry Deserves better. What gets me mad is that people wanna act like sexual assault only accounts to women

[maddiea]

Harry: gives love, chooses love, is a lover, treats people with kindness, tells us to do whatever makes us the happiest

Receives: sexual assault

[julianasmith]

COMPLETE SEXUAL ASSAULT NO MATTER WOMAN OR MAN THIS IS SEXUAL ASSAULT!

[harrystylesenthusiast]

this is sexual harassment #respectharry

[populartiktokvideos]

disgusting. this sexual assault , if it was to be a woman it would probably be taken to court by now

[TheAnnaBeat]

This is a HUGE problem. People who say that if you’re a celeb you just have to deal with things like this that is NOT TRUE! It is sad that this is considered normal. Sexual assault against a woman or man, celeb or not is WRONG.

[baileymura]

Being assaulted in front of thousands while performing wow I don’t know how I would take that

[risita]

Title should read **Harry styles was sexually assaulted at a show by a female in the audience**
STOP CALLING HER AN EXCITED FAN! SHE ASSAULTED HIM!

[ScarlettJ]

Harry didnt deserve that I feel so bad for him

[lunas]

#RespectHarry can we just appreciate how Harry kept going and didn't even stop the performance? like if that were me I would be too shaken to keep performing tbh

[isabel]

damn just leave the guy alone he is such a gentlemen and really does not deserve this #respectharry

[veronikadanielle]

I was and am still so disgusted. This is sexual assault. #RespectHarry

[howardbraunstein]

Harry Styles is a human being. He is one of the many people who don’t like being treated this way.

[wennyyulina]

He respects us! Just do the same! #RespectHarry

[delaneywolfe]

It’s disgusting to touch someone like that. Celebrities are not objects, that’s all I have to say😡😖

[shyamalimast]

I cant believe fans would do that i mean thats so disrespectful he is kind and caring and some fans treat him like thrash what?? I would definitely hug him and thank him for his kindness to all of his fans and those fans can probably go to jail for that. Thats sexual assault as a fan we should treat our idols with respect but not disrespecting them. Thats sexual assault why cant people live ✌ and treat their idols well. I mean l if harry comes to you you can give a hand shake and not grabbing him that makes him ashamed. These people are HEARTLESS.#respectharry

[Alikazam]

Keep your fucking hands to yourself. #RespectHarry