Travis Speaks
Filed under: Travis McCoy
In response to his arrest on Tuesday night for assaulting a concertgoer, a publicist for Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy has sent us the following statement:
“Somebody in the crowd was taunting Travis with racial slurs. Travis invited him onstage with the intent of calling him out in front of the crowd, with absolutely no intention of a physical altercation. When he tried to help him onstage, the guy hit Travis in the knee area (which has been in a brace because of a recent sprain), forcing Travis to defend himself. At this point, a scuffle broke out.
This whole incident is unfortunate. Travis McCoy and Gym Class Heroes are anything but violent. Their message is about racial unity and having a good time. It’s amazing that in 2008 there are still people out there that would say such ignorant things.
Travis is deeply upset that this happened, and has expressed his apologies to the band's fans that were at the show, Kevin Lyman, and the Vans Warped Tour. GCH is putting this behind them and looks forward to seeing everyone on the rest of the tour.”
[Image via Getty Images.]
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old news perez! this has been on friends or enemies for ages….
big respect to travie though
im glad he did that!!
i love travis, and i love gch,
i belive on him, and this guy should've never been there
I was Travis, I would have done more than just punch that dude. Intolerance is never ok. Not even a bit. The only cure is a good ole beat down. Screw killing them with kindness. Haterz suck.
travi rules.
i would have ripped that dudes nipples off
agreed. That kid was obviously tripping and I would have smacked him once or twice myself. lol
VIVA LA TRAVIE.
I seem to care less and less about celebs getting drunk and doing dumb ass stuff….. hit me with your drunk ass while I am in a car… well, no police will save your ass if I can walk! DUI= retards
Re: lkjei –
get a life…. want an add on perez pay him for it! this shit is not free to run ya know.
they did NOT send you a statement…this has BEEN on tmz ..lies
TRAVIS - SPEAKS: Unfortunately it was in that negro Hip Hop Jive jargon and no one has any idea what he said. Oh well "Dat da way da kookie krumble, lol"
i WAS THERE FRONT ROW FOR THE WHOLE THING AND THE FAN HAD IT COMIN TO HIM! HE WAS BEIN AN ASS
Aww travie :[
It's not your fault, racist people suck.
Travis showed his macho side when he grabbed the person insulting him, kicked him out of his wheelchair, and with five of his afrocentric buddies beat the poor blind child unconcious. Trav then said " H*ll man dis be wrong I dont care how hannycapped a white boy bee's when I wit foe oh five oh my posse I be gittin down on his white A** an hurtin him. I don't care how little or sick he be, and if it a femail all da better I cain hurt their A*ses two"
It's interesting that Travvy was on Kidd Kraddick this morning telling what really happened to his knee out of his own mouth and it sounded nothing like the bullshit story you just made up. You're so full of crap it's oozing out your ears.
Oh, of course…whenever black people act like jerks, it always has to be because someone insulted their "blackness". Naomi Campbell and now this moron. He was acting typical and then used the old stand-by, race, to try and intimidate anyone who calls him out on it into silence. Pathetic…quit pandering to these racist jerks…and by racist jerks, I'm referring to this loser and the Naomi Campbells of the world.
That guy deserve it !!!! Travie is not a bad guy and the others guys of GCH too !!!
I support him
Travis knows JEssica and ROcco are behind him 100% see you soon buddy!
IT WAS COMMENT ABOUT HIS IGNORANCE NOT RACIAL COMMENT!! STOP FINDING EXUSES FOR BAD TEMPER TRAVIS!! AND STOP BEATING UP FANS BE HAPPY YOU HAVE ANY.
Go traviss..why even buy a ticket to go to their concert if your just going to be an asshole?
"When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold" Nice Atmosphere shirt travis.
i don't get this at all. when is it ok to use the n word. when you are rapping, when you are with your boys and are using it in a so called affectionate way, when you are black? it only seems to be offensive when non blacks use it. just like the f word. if you are gay then it's ok? i am so sick of people being "offended" by words they themselves use. if it is that offensive then stop using it. period. stop confusing those of us who are not in the know, abolish these words yourselves. and just so you all know, i don't use either word because i do know they are offensive whether i be black, white, straight or gay.
Could everyone who is dissing Travis shut the fuck up? Seriously. It was the fact that he called him a racial slur to his face that Travis hit him. The guy deserved it. I was there in the crowd and even when Travis was apologizing, everyone was cheering him on.
No one was concerned about that guy. If you're going to be ignorant, you deserve it. I just would like to know why that guy was in the front row in the first place. If you don't like the band, why bother to stand around for them? They were the last band to play. That kid could have left. Instead he stood around and got his ass kicked. Good.
travis didnt deserve to get arrested, hell if someone even dared to call me that i'd beat them in the head with whatever i had too. it's not okay for ANYONE to use the n word, im black, and i get offended when other blacks use it to describe themselves, their friends or others.
nice shirt
When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold… YAY ATMOSPHERE!
HE'S SO DUMB!!!! THATS WHAT THE DUDE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTED ATTENTION! INVITING HIM UPSTAGE WAS A BAD IDEA. HE SHOULD OF IGNORED HIM OR HAVE SECURITY THROW HIM OUT…..IF GYM CLASS HEROES HAS ANY BLACK FANS I'M SURE ONE OF EM WOULDVE PUNCHED THE HECKLER IN THE FACE FOR TRAVIS….THEN IF THEY TRIED TO KICK THE BLACK DUDE OUT THEN TRAVIS COULDVE SAID….NO HIM STAY KICK THE WHITE GUY OUT…HE STARTED IT….BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRAVIS IS DUMB AND MAKES BLACK PEOPLE LOOK BAD SO THERE WAS PROBABLY NO BLACK FANS IN THE AUDIENCE CUZ THEY DONT HAVE ANY …THEIR MUSIC SUCKS AND IS A DISGRACE TO HIPHOP AND ROCK……..HAVE FUN GETTING SUED YOU SELLOUT FUCKING 35 YR OLD UNTALENTED WAC MC DRUGGIE !!!
HE'S SO DUMB!!!! THATS WHAT THE DUDE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTED ATTENTION! INVITING HIM UPSTAGE WAS A BAD IDEA. HE SHOULD OF IGNORED HIM OR HAVE SECURITY THROW HIM OUT…..IF GYM CLASS HEROES HAS ANY BLACK FANS I'M SURE ONE OF EM WOULDVE PUNCHED THE HECKLER IN THE FACE FOR TRAVIS….THEN IF THEY TRIED TO KICK THE BLACK DUDE OUT THEN TRAVIS COULDVE SAID….NO HIM STAY KICK THE WHITE GUY OUT…HE STARTED IT….BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRAVIS IS DUMB AND MAKES BLACK PEOPLE LOOK BAD SO THERE WAS PROBABLY NO BLACK FANS IN THE AUDIENCE CUZ THEY DONT HAVE ANY …THEIR MUSIC SUCKS AND IS A DISGRACE TO HIPHOP AND ROCK……..HAVE FUN GETTING SUED YOU SELLOUT FUCKING 35 YR OLD UNTALENTED WAC MC DRUGGIE !!!
HE'S SO DUMB!!!! THATS WHAT THE DUDE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTED ATTENTION! INVITING HIM UPSTAGE WAS A BAD IDEA. HE SHOULD OF IGNORED HIM OR HAVE SECURITY THROW HIM OUT…..IF GYM CLASS HEROES HAS ANY BLACK FANS I'M SURE ONE OF EM WOULDVE PUNCHED THE HECKLER IN THE FACE FOR TRAVIS….THEN IF THEY TRIED TO KICK THE BLACK DUDE OUT THEN TRAVIS COULDVE SAID….NO HIM STAY KICK THE WHITE GUY OUT…HE STARTED IT….BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRAVIS IS DUMB AND MAKES BLACK PEOPLE LOOK BAD SO THERE WAS PROBABLY NO BLACK FANS IN THE AUDIENCE CUZ THEY DONT HAVE ANY …THEIR MUSIC SUCKS AND IS A DISGRACE TO HIPHOP AND ROCK……..HAVE FUN GETTING SUED YOU SELLOUT FUCKING 35 YR OLD UNTALENTED WAC MC DRUGGIE !!!
HE'S SO DUMB!!!! THATS WHAT THE DUDE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTED ATTENTION! INVITING HIM UPSTAGE WAS A BAD IDEA. HE SHOULD OF IGNORED HIM OR HAVE SECURITY THROW HIM OUT…..IF GYM CLASS HEROES HAS ANY BLACK FANS I'M SURE ONE OF EM WOULDVE PUNCHED THE HECKLER IN THE FACE FOR TRAVIS….THEN IF THEY TRIED TO KICK THE BLACK DUDE OUT THEN TRAVIS COULDVE SAID….NO HIM STAY KICK THE WHITE GUY OUT…HE STARTED IT….BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRAVIS IS DUMB AND MAKES BLACK PEOPLE LOOK BAD SO THERE WAS PROBABLY NO BLACK FANS IN THE AUDIENCE CUZ THEY DONT HAVE ANY …THEIR MUSIC SUCKS AND IS A DISGRACE TO HIPHOP AND ROCK……..HAVE FUN GETTING SUED YOU SELLOUT FUCKING 35 YR OLD UNTALENTED WAC MC DRUGGIE !!!
HE'S SO DUMB!!!! THATS WHAT THE DUDE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTED ATTENTION! INVITING HIM UPSTAGE WAS A BAD IDEA. HE SHOULD OF IGNORED HIM OR HAVE SECURITY THROW HIM OUT…..IF GYM CLASS HEROES HAS ANY BLACK FANS I'M SURE ONE OF EM WOULDVE PUNCHED THE HECKLER IN THE FACE FOR TRAVIS….THEN IF THEY TRIED TO KICK THE BLACK DUDE OUT THEN TRAVIS COULDVE SAID….NO HIM STAY KICK THE WHITE GUY OUT…HE STARTED IT….BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRAVIS IS DUMB AND MAKES BLACK PEOPLE LOOK BAD SO THERE WAS PROBABLY NO BLACK FANS IN THE AUDIENCE CUZ THEY DONT HAVE ANY …THEIR MUSIC SUCKS AND IS A DISGRACE TO HIPHOP AND ROCK……..HAVE FUN GETTING SUED YOU SELLOUT FUCKING 35 YR OLD UNTALENTED WAC MC DRUGGIE !!!
wasnt the guy who said the N-Word black? I'm so confused…
You know, every time I see that kid he's piss drunk. It's uncool to be a hater but it's kinda uncool to be liquored up all the time too.
Wasn't it reported that it was a black person that yelled that out to Travis?
It doesn't matter what race you are, the "N" word is off limits. At least, it should be. It doesn't matter what race the guy was who was heckling Travis, either. What do you think, just because he was black it was ok for him to yell out something like that? I'm half black and I would have reacted the same way as Travis. By the way, I'm pretty sure that Travis is not just African-American, but bi-racial…
goooo travis!!! that fucker deserved it.
i fucked him at the 05 warped tour before he was famous. he lasted like 2 or 3 minutes
Are people really at a point that they're now spending money to get into concerts to taunt the artists with whatever hate that they're spewing. Why waste your money? Don't waste your money!!!! Let people enjoy a night of music and fun without the DRAMAZ!!!
I would love to Rip this concertgoer a New Asshole..oops…sorry Perez..but it makes me so mad when stupid IDIOTS like this "concertgoer/nut" can ruin the Frrrreaking Awesome and Positive Message of Racial Unity and Having a Freaking Good Time that Gym Class Heros represents. I love them!!! We are going to see them in New Orleans this tues. night and we don't play that crap around here. We know how to have a GOOOD TIME with a FREAKIN GOOD BAND!! Not to mention Travis is sooooo FINE!!
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS YOU PAINT THAT SHIT GOLD !!! perez listen to atmosphere you will love it
Team Travie
He looks like some little suburbanite shit that has never had hard day in his life….
Wow Perez, It looks like LISTE,YO, HJHJG, FDT and dumb….really are dumb themselves huh, why else would they have to copy word for word their five dumb comments?? It also looks like maybe someone is a little jealous of GCH and of their sucess…humm. Think about it because if their music really sucked as they say…why would they waste their time sending the same dumb comment five freakin times? Yep, they have the right email name as "dumb" but maybe they should change it to "dumbASS". Yes, Travis is a sellout but not in the way you put it dumbASS he is a sellout at his concerts and with his CD's. Oh, mabe dumbASS,LISTE, YO, HJHJG, and FDT, (if you are not all the same person) but maybe you should come to NEW ORLEANS and go to one of GCH concerts because then you would know that black, white, yellow and brown people ALL go to his concerts and WE LOVE IT/THEM!!!!!!
Re: Peek –
Excuse me? Travis is one of the most poetic and eloquent young men i have ever heard. His lyrics, damn, even his BLOG shows his intelligence. He doens't divuldge in his so called "negro hip hop" speak, his lyrics are full of clever word manipulation; techniques any wordsmith would be PROUD OF.
Don't insult him, you've no idea.
fyi - he had EVERY RIGHT to tell that dude to back off.
Re: Magpi – WOW, I love what you have written about Travis/GCH. Thank you, It's sooooo true!!! New Orleans can't wait for Gym Class Heros this week!!!!
Travis who?
omg!!!!!! i hope he got arrested for making racist comments.
"It’s amazing that in 2008 there are still people out there that would say such ignorant things." I think it's amazing that people can't believe it still happens! EVERYDAY people… EVERYDAY this happens. the new-age racist is the one who chooses to not see it, and refuses to get educated on this shyt. come on now… anyway… this situation sucks…
I am EXTREMELY disappointed in them, to think I have supported this band from the beginning and now.. Now I hate them a little or at least Travis, and more than just Travis I am disappointed a Kevin for keeping them on warped tour after this incident.
This really pisses me off that people would support him for doing that. He should be a man and ignore the idiots ignorance and not bash his head in. It sucks when the bands you love for not supporting violence contradict themselves.
I am disappointed to say the least and truly agree with Pete Wenzes blog on this one.
I am EXTREMELY disappointed in them, to think I have supported this band from the beginning and now.. Now I hate them a little or at least Travis, and more than just Travis I am disappointed a Kevin for keeping them on warped tour after this incident.
This really pisses me off that people would support him for doing that. He should be a man and ignore the idiots ignorance and not bash his head in. It sucks when the bands you love for not supporting violence contradict themselves.
I am disappointed to say the least and truly agree with Pete Wenzes blog on this one.
You know i don't really like violence, but sometimes there is nothing better then a good old fashioned beat down….
bullshit… i love gch, but pulease… got hit on his knee where he had a brace for a sprain? my ass… man up, guy was talkin trash and he gave him a beat down with the mic
Re: Mannd – Are you connected in some way ( R U his mom) to the punk who did this to Travis? Pleeeeeease, Travis was doing his job….putting on a great show that his fans paid money to come see. We dont pay to hear some creep scream racial slurrrrs at him!!! We love their music!!! We are counting down the minutes for his concert tomorrow night……New Orleans is going to put the FU in FUN when Gym Class Heros get here!!!! Only 31 hours left!!!!