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'Gossip Girl' Star Taylor Momsen Bit By Bat While Performing On Stage In Wild Video

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The singer was opening for AC/DC in Spain when a bat clung to her leg and bit it, requiring Momsen to get rabies shots.

Joanna Edwards
By Joanna EdwardsJun 04, 2024
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Joanna Edwards wears many hats: student, data-wrangler and LGBTQ+ activist. Her main passion is writing, followed shortly by percussion, mediocre watercolor painting and scuba diving. A New Englander currently displaced to the South, she waits patiently for winter and its more reasonable weather.
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On Friday, singer Taylor Momsen shared an Instagram video of the moment she was bitten by a bat while opening for AC/DC on their Power Up tour.

During her performance in Seville, Spain, at the La Cartuja Stadium, a bat landed on her leg while she was singing “Witches Burn.” Unaware of the bat at first, Momsen continued performing until she noticed the crowd's reaction and saw the bat clinging to her leg.

She said:

“There’s a f**king flying bat on my leg right now. Can someone help me please?”

Assistants removed the bat and Momsen joked with the crowd, saying, “I must really be a witch.”

After the incident, she went to the hospital for rabies shots and later thanked the staff, who had dubbed her “batgirl."


People thought it was super cool.

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People thought that maybe the bat liked the music.

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Folks were worried that it hurt.

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Nevertheless, people were impressed that she handled it so well.

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Naturally, people went for the Ozzy references.

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At the very least, she earned her witch status.

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Or, given it's a bat, maybe something else?

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Definitely a blessing.

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But unusual, nonetheless.

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The Power Up tour will continue throughout Europe all summer. Bats not included.

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