American singer responds to video footage of phone exploding

Shocking video of Cee Lo Green’s phone exploding in his face goes viral

A shocking video of American singer Cee Lo Green’s phone exploding in his face went viral on Saturday.

The footage which caused a stir on social media and sparked debate whether the phone which exploded was a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, showed the singer talking on his phone in his studio. The phone then suddenly exploded while pressed against Green's ear and he fell off his chair and lay motionless on the floor. The video ends there.

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However, it has now appeared the video was part of Green’s upcoming project.

"I just want to let everybody know that I am alive, and I'm well and I'm OK," CeeLo said in a Facebook video. "Truthfully, I'm really upset that anybody had to be emotionally disturbed by what they saw today. Actually, what you saw today was a clip from a smaller video that we were shooting for a new project I'm doing called Gnarly Davidson. It's supposed to set up and introduce the new character identity, you know what I'm saying?" he added.



Here's how Twitter reacted to the video:

That is soooo terrifying. I am suing yall for emotional distress after watching Ceelo greens phone explode @SamsungUS @SamsungMobile

— Beauty Maven 🇬🇩 (@ShadinaAdia) December 17, 2016

Damn. Hope CeeLo Green is okay. Samsung phone exploded while he was on a phone call. Stay safe

— ‎Abhiiously (@Abhiiouslyio) December 17, 2016

That Ceelo footage can't be real. It slowly fades to static at the end. That choice tells me it's fake AF. #CeeLo #Samsung

— Austin Barker (@AustinBarker) December 17, 2016

That ceelo green video is it real? Looked kinda fake but idk

— D (@DrakoTsunami) December 17, 2016

The video's authenticity has not been confirmed and it is also unclear when it was recorded.