Fall Out Boy bassist explains away fight

Fall Out Boy singer Peter Wentz has explained away a fight that he had with a fan at a recent aftershow party.

The musician denied claims that he had started the fight with a heckler, saying that the man grabbed his arm first.

He said that he had no regrets over how he had acted, saying that it would always be his instinct to defend himself in that situation.

Wentz told MTV: “The story on the internet is absolutely false. Yes, we were playing an acoustic afterparty. It was a good time for the most part. Yes, the guy was heckling me and the band, so were other people, most in good fun. But we get heckled onstage all the time, and while I'm a jerk, I'm not the kind of person who would ever lash out at someone simply over this.

"The truth is on the way out the door I had to pass directly next to the guy and I knew it, so I kept my head down and walked out. As I did, the guy reached out and grabbed me and said something I couldn't really hear — it was a glorious use of the English language, though.

"As he grabbed me, I punched him. Yell all you want at me, say whatever, but in a situation like that I will defend myself. After that, of course, it got chaotic, [but] we have several independent witnesses that gave statements saying he grabbed me first ... I am not worried over the outcome, as I was clearly in the right. Anything anyone else is saying or writing is simply not true."