Looks like a notorious celebrity stage-crashing prankster learned nothing from his recent jail stint for lunging at Ariana Grande at last month’s Wicked: For Good premiere.
The man, identified as Johnson Wen, appeared to have similar plans on December 9 during Lady Gaga’s concert in Brisbane, Australia.
However, Wen seems to have landed himself on the wrong side of Australian concert security, with social media users applauding his latest punishment while others slammed him for his repetitive “stalking” antics.
Highlights
- Serial stage-crasher Johnson Wen was recently kicked out of Lady Gaga’s concert in Australia.
- Concert security removed him from the venue after flagging him as a “known serial offender likely to disrupt the event.”
- Wen gained international attention for his “traumatizing” stunts on celebrities after recently being jailed for attacking Ariana Grande.
- “He’s a real danger and problem,” one social media user expressed.
“His days of trying to hug random celebrities while they perform on stage in the middle of a show are over!” one netizen wrote.
Johnson Wen is a serial offender who has built his entire social media identity around invading concert stages and grabbing celebrities without their consent
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During the Singapore premiere of Ariana Grande’s latest musical fantasy film, Wen was filmed in multiple videos suddenly sprinting toward the singer on the yellow brick carpet.
Dressed in a white shirt and shorts, the content creator forcefully grabbed Grande and put his arm around her shoulders as she struggled to break free.
He released her only after co-star Cynthia Erivo intervened, yanking him away before security rushed in and dragged him off the premises.
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Wen was sentenced to nine days in prison in Singapore for the stunt, which left the We Can’t Be Friends singer visibly shaken on camera as Erivo and other stars at the premiere, including Michelle Yeoh, comforted her.
Despite telling a Singaporean judge during his mitigation plea that he would “not do it again,” Wen emerged from jail only to resurface at Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball tour stop at Lang Park stadium in Brisbane.
A viral video circulating online shows him being kicked out of the concert by security and event management, reportedly due to his history of public nuisance, particularly his pattern of disrupting concerts.
Popularly known online as “Pyjama Man,” he has disrupted three major concerts in just the past year and a half.
The prankster content creator was kicked out of Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball tour stop last night by security, given his controversial history at celebrity events
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In a video shared by a concert attendee, a fan immediately recognized Johnson as he was being escorted out and yelled, “There he is! That's the guy that tackled Ariana!”
His removal was met with cheers from the crowd.
In another clip, a concertgoer shouted, “Yeah, they took his wristband off! F**k You! Respect Women!!”
Wen later confirmed the news on his Instagram Story, showing no remorse for his actions at all.
Instead, he appeared to mock the crowd, posting a zoomed-in photo of himself staring into the camera with the caption, “Got kicked out of Lady Gaga concert! The show doesn’t start till 8 p.m.! The early fans were booing me.”
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His latest stunt has left social media users furious and confused as to why he continues repeating this behavior despite facing legal consequences.
One user suggested it was all part of his strategy for attention, writing, “This guy has won. He’s getting exactly what he wants. His entire thing is crashing celebrity events and concerts; now he’s getting international press over it.”
They added, “He’s obviously not fazed by some fines or a week in jail because his clout is boosted by every attention he gets.”
Johnson had only recently faced legal consequences for his attack on Ariana Grande in Singapore, serving nine days in prison and receiving a ban from the country
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Another user wrote, “Seriously, why isn’t this guy in jail for all the stunts he’s pulled? He’s going to keep doing it.”
A third wondered, “I want to know how in hell an idiot like that has the money to go to all these places.”
“Looks like that time spent in jail taught him nothing. Props to the security team for catching him before he accosted Lady Gaga on stage.”
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As the incident gained momentum and made international headlines, the concert’s management team released a statement to the Sydney Morning Herald, detailing how they were able to spot Johnson and stop any disruption before it escalated.
They revealed that after last month’s attack on Grande, the team was aware that “a known serial offender may attempt to attend and disrupt” the show.
“In the interest of the artist's safety, this individual was deemed a person of interest and not to be allowed to attend," the statement read.
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“Due to the excellent work by the venue’s diligent security team, an individual matching the description was identified and passed on to police before the show began.”
While Wen gained international attention for grabbing Grande at the Wicked: For Good premiere, he has a long history of crashing major events.
Wen has previously disrupted several high-profile concerts and has even grabbed celebrities like Katy Perry, The Weeknd, and others
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In October last year, he rushed the stage and briefly grabbed The Weeknd during a concert in Melbourne, Australia.
That same year, he was kicked out of the 2024 Paris Olympics after illegally invading the track during the men's 100m final, causing a major disruption.
Earlier this year, in June, Johnson disrupted Katy Perry’s concert in Sydney at the Qudos Bank Arena during her Lifetimes tour.
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Wen ran onto the stage and managed to put an arm around Perry before he was swiftly removed by security.
He was arrested and charged with entering enclosed land and obstructing a person in the performance of their duties, and received a six-month ban from the Sydney Olympic Park precinct.
As for the attack on Ariana, co-star Cynthia spoke about the incident during her Today show appearance on November 20, sharing the rush of emotions she felt in the moment.
Erivo explained, “I was really thinking, I just wanted to make sure my friend was safe. I’m sure he didn’t mean us harm, but I just, you never know with those things, and I wanted to make sure that she was okay. That was my first instinct.”
“He should be banned from all celebrity events if it were up to me… for running up on celebrities and traumatizing them,” wrote one enraged user
