Olivia Rodrigo was escorted off stage at the MTV VMAs last night after the stage began to fall and collapse around her.
The 20-year-old was performing to a room full of fellow celebrities when the pyrotechnics began to “malfunction” and a large red drape fell from the ceiling onto the stage.
Rodrigo’s set, which was deliberately planned to fall apart, also included large sparks that flew in the air behind her.
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The stage appeared to be crumbling right above Rodrigo as a stagehand, wearing all black and holding a clipboard, ushered the star to safety.
However, it quickly became apparent that the mishap was staged as the lights went dark and cut to her hit song Good For U.
Rodrigo then began singing her new song Get Him Back as a number of backup dancers joined her.
Olivia wore a bright red crop top, a red skater skirt and knee-high white leg warmers as she clutched the microphone.
As the stage fell apart around her, the camera panned over to audience members who were clearly concerned for the singer’s safety.
Fellow Disney Channel alumni Selena Gomez was seen gazing intently at the action on stage as her eyes widened.
Gomez held her face in shock as she froze to take in what was going on, while other onlookers’ mouths were wide open as they watched Olivia’s performance.
Fans quickly took to social media to share their thoughts on the wild ride Rodrigo put them through.
Over on X – formerly known as Twitter – one fan wrote: “Olivia Rodrigo really traumatised Selena Gomez with her fake stage malfunction during her performance…Selena ain’t ever going to an awards show again.”
Another typed: “The way Selena Gomez was concerned for Olivia Rodrigo during her performance for Vampire.”
Someone claimed that the clip of Selena was in reference to Olivia’s entire performance, but one fan came out to set the record straight.
They wrote: “This is completely unfair and out of context: Olivia pretended to have her set break down and semi-explode as she was fake rushed off stage and Selena was reacting to that, probably thinking something was really going wrong.”
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