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Morgan Wallen Faces Backlash After Bat Toss Injures José Bautista’s Wife; Inner Circle Reportedly Weighs Intervention

Morgan Wallen is once again at the center of controversy after a thrown bat — intended as an homage to former MLB slugger José Bautista’s famed bat flip — struck Bautista’s wife, Neisha, while she filmed the moment on her cellphone. The episode, documented on Neisha’s Instagram and reported by RadarOnline and MEGA, prompted an immediate reaction from onlookers and fresh concern from those close to the artist.

Eyewitness audio in the clip captures Neisha letting out a sharp cry and dropping her phone; a bystander is heard asking, “S—. You okay?” She confirms she is fine. Despite Wallen reportedly telling others he did not mean to hurt anyone, an industry insider told RadarOnline that the explanation “doesn’t excuse his actions.”

The insider warned that the incident — coming after several other public missteps — has left friends and family apprehensive enough to consider staging an intervention. “These mounting public embarrassments are driving away fans and dismantling his career,” the source said. “They’re ready to stage an intervention to talk sense into him and get him to grow up before he loses it all.”

A brief recap of past incidents cited by RadarOnline highlights a pattern that has strained Wallen’s industry relationships:

• In April 2024, Wallen allegedly threw a chair from the sixth-floor rooftop of Eric Church’s Nashville bar, narrowly missing two police officers; he was charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct and later pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment, receiving seven days at a DUI education center and two years’ probation under a plea arrangement.
• In 2021, a video surfaced of Wallen using a racial slur while partying, which resulted in radio blacklists and a suspension from his record label.
• In 2020, he was arrested following an incident at Kid Rock’s Nashville bar for public intoxication and disorderly conduct; those charges were subsequently dismissed.

“His careless behavior keeps happening again and again and his pals fear he’s going to destroy his career,” the insider said, adding that at 32 Wallen is “too old to be doing dumb stuff like this.”

As of this report there has been no public statement from Wallen’s camp beyond the reports that he claimed the recent bat toss was unintentional. RadarOnline and MEGA are credited with original coverage of the incident and related imagery. Industry watchers say the coming days could determine whether Wallen faces organized intervention from those closest to him — or further damage to a career already tested by repeated controversy.