What happens when you are an absolute idiot with no respect for others? You get absolutely MAN-HANDLED!
One crazed fan found out the hard way in when he decided to drop kick the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger at Arnold Sports Africa in 2019.
The viral video is now making its rounds on social media again.
WATCH:
Dude drop kicks Arnold Schwarzenegger and quickly finds out pic.twitter.com/odPBE8OP6W
— Crazy Clips (@crazyclipsonly) February 7, 2024
Arnold did not press charges against the punk. He stated, “A lot of you have asked, but I’m not pressing charges. I hope this was a wake-up call, and he gets his life on the right track. But I’m moving on and I’d rather focus on the thousands of great athletes I met at @ArnoldSports Africa.”
Arnold stated : "Update: A lot of you have asked, but I'm not pressing charges. I hope this was a wake-up call, and he gets his life on the right track. But I'm moving on and I'd rather focus on the thousands of great athletes I met at @ArnoldSports Africa."
— Rocky (@AlfredAnywhere) February 7, 2024
Buzzfeed News reported at the time:
The incident occurred at the Arnold Classic Africa, a sports festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, as Schwarzenegger was filming a video for Snapchat of himself admiring young contestants with jump ropes.
Shortly after Schwarzenegger, 71, put down the phone, a man lurking nearby ambushed him from behind, jumped in the air, and kicked him in the back.
In videos of the attack that soon went viral on social media, Schwarzenegger can be seen stumbling a bit as a security guard tackles the man to the ground.
Here is the attack on Arnold Schwarzenegger from another angle. pic.twitter.com/y4xp9OFXNi
— Danie Barnard (@DaanBarnard) May 18, 2019
Festival organizers said on Twitter they believe that incident was “carefully planned” by the man, who they described as “a crazed fan … [who] is known to the police for orchestrating similar incidents in the past.”
Organizers added that security handed the man over to the police, but that Schwarzenegger did not want to press charges.
“He views this as an unfortunate incident by a mischievous fan,” they said.
Schwarzenegger was said to be unharmed and in “good spirits” after the incident.
“None of us could have foreseen that something like this could have taken place,” they said.
Schwarzenegger himself tweeted that he thought he’d just been pushed by the crowd and that he didn’t realize he’d been kicked until he watched the video himself.
“I’m just glad the idiot didn’t interrupt my Snapchat,” Schwarzenegger said.
What a legend.
Thanks for your concerns, but there is nothing to worry about. I thought I was just jostled by the crowd, which happens a lot. I only realized I was kicked when I saw the video like all of you. I’m just glad the idiot didn’t interrupt my Snapchat.
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) May 18, 2019
Well you are wrong he is a repeat criminal he has done this type of thing before he needs hard labor for at least 5 years if not more this punk needs a lesson in humiliation that it is Not acceptable behavior by anyone
this is great, loved seeing that rino who hates americans freedoms, go flying. wish it was planned better so the little one wasn’t hurt, hopefully not too bad.