R&B singer Ray J issued a plea to a fan who snatched his cardiac monitor from his bare chest and ran off with it during his Valentine’s Day concert in Louisiana.
On Thursday, Ray J pleaded with the fan to return the device.
The incident happened during his concert at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium on February 14.
Cell phone video shows the “One Wish” singer wearing a small cardiac monitor patch on his chest with a transparent medical dressing over it.
Ray J claims the device has important data on it that his doctor needs. He even offered money for the return of the device.
The tiny device monitors the heart for irregular heartbeats and rapid or slow heartbeats. It is not a defibrillator. His doctor can log into an online portal to see the data.
Ray J, 45, told TMZ he wore the patch for 2 weeks.
On Wednesday, a news station in Shreveport obtained video that shows Ray J applying fake blood to his face during his Valentine’s Day concert.
A videographer captured video of the singer/actor applying a red substance on his face backstage.
Ray J performed last night with his heart monitor, and fans assumed real blood was coming out of his eyes and chest. pic.twitter.com/Mi8L6xpf5F
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“He loves the camera. He loves the attention. Anybody that knows him, it’s all theatrical,” photographer Tommy Nard II told PEOPLE.
“I seen him literally put on the fake blood and things like that, and go out there with the crowd, which is very shocking that he’d do something like that.”
Photographer Alleges Ray J Used Fake Blood for ‘Attention’ During Shreveport Valentine’s Day Concert
Ray J is facing allegations that his bloody onstage appearance during a Valentine’s Day performance in Shreveport was allegedly staged for attention.
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Ray J’s manager, Melinda Santiago, issued a statement to PEOPLE alleging that the photographer was clout chasing.
“The bottom line is Ray J has been in and out of the hospital dealing with health and heart issues. That is a fact. Another fact is that the meds that Ray is on have some side effects,” she wrote in the statement on Wednesday.
“It’s absurd that a local videographer (not our team) would want to clout chase for five minutes of fame off of Ray J name and play about Ray being sick is sick in itself. My job is to protect my artists backstage from opportunistic people. If we can’t do that, then I’ll be cutting off all backstage access moving forward.”
In January, Ray J was rushed to a hospital in Las Vegas and treated for “severe pneumonia and heart pain,” TMZ reported.
