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Ray J Denies Using Fake Blood in Viral ‘Bleeding Eyes’ Performance as Backstage Video Fuels Dispute

Backstage footage alongside a photographer’s account challenges his explanation.

Overview

  • KTAL-obtained video appears to show Ray J applying a substance to his face before his Feb. 14 Shreveport set.
  • Event photographer Tommy Nard II says he watched the singer put on “fake blood,” describing the moment as theatrical and attention-seeking.
  • Ray J has rejected the allegation in a Breakfast Club interview, saying the photographer tried to make the situation seem lighter.
  • Manager Melinda Santiago told PEOPLE that Ray J has been under the weather and said her artists still perform regardless of health concerns.
  • The incident follows Ray J’s January hospitalization and his own claims of severe heart problems, with no independent medical confirmation of what caused the onstage bleeding.