Tim McGraw has taken a lot of heat recently for “slapping” an over-zealous female fan at a concert.  Watch for yourself to judge.

Here’s what Tim has to say about it:

“Sometimes things can lose context and perspective. I reacted in an instinctive, defensive way from my perspective of what was going on. I think it was an unfortunate situation, I think all the way around, but it happened, it happened in a split second, it was pure instinctive reaction, I think you just got to move on. It is one of those things that happen, nobody feels good about it, but there’s nothing that could be done about it. You are in that position, you are out there, you are vulnerable, things happen and sometimes you react. There’s nothing to be said about it.”

Here are two version of the video, including the slowed-down version from TMZ:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhhZM83_GpI