Shawn Mendes Blames Dave Grohl For Stage Fall

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Shawn Mendes says he fell during his Quebec City concert earlier this month because of Dave Grohl.

Appearing on an episode of Australia’s The Project that aired Wednesday, Mendes blamed the Foo Fighters frontman for the embarrassing tumble on July 8 at the Festival d’été.

“You want to know the truth of what was going on? Dave Grohl was there. He goes ‘Shawn Mendes is a bad motherf**ker!’ He says it in front of the entire crowd in Quebec,” Mendes recalled.

“I was so excited that he was there and I was like, I’m going to jump off stage. I have to, just because he’s here.”

That’s where it all went wrong.

“I miscalculated how high the stage was from the ground,” Mendes added. "You can see in my face the second I jump, I’m like ‘Oh no, this was a bad idea.’”

The 19-year-old singer also told Dave Thornton that he texted congratulations to his friend Hailey Baldwin the day he found out she was engaged to Justin Bieber.

He was also asked to pick his favourite Justin – Trudeau or Bieber.

“I think I have to say Trudeau but I love them both,” said Mendes. “I love Bieber and Trudeau. Bieber was a massive influence for me growing up.”

When Thornton pointed out what a diplomatic answer this was, Mendes replied: “Dude, I’m Canadian. I was born diplomatic.”