Taylor Momsen is bitten by a BAT and has to be treated for rabies while opening for AC/DC with her band The Pretty Reckless in Spain
Taylor Momsen was bitten by a bat on Wednesday while performing on stage with her band The Pretty Reckless in Spain.
The 30-year-old Gossip Girl star’s group was opening for AC/DC at Seville’s La Cartuja Stadium when a bat landed on her left thigh and bit her after she finished a song titled Witches Burn.
However, the performer was initially unaware that she had been bitten and briefly ignored calls from onlookers trying to draw attention to the animal before noticing the bat on her leg.
Momsen, who shared a video of the incident on her Instagram and TikTok accounts, was then assisted by a stagehand, who removed the animal from her thigh before continuing her performance.
The How the Grinch Stole Christmas actress was later transported to a hospital, where she was treated for the bite.
Taylor Momsen was bitten by a bat while performing on stage with her band, The Pretty Reckless, in Spain on Wednesday; seen in April
The singer shared a message in the caption of all her social media posts, letting her fans know that she would take the incident to heart.
‘So…ROCK AND ROLL MOMENT…in Seville Wednesday during Witches Burn of all songs…a BAT flew at me and clung to my leg…at the moment I was performing and I didn’t have idea until the incredible audience kept shouting and pointing.β
βHe was cute, but yeah, he bit me… so rabies shots for the next two weeks. thanks to all the staff at the hospital who called me #batgirl after seeing it on the local news that morning…more footage to come…that’s one for the books!!!!’
According to the Center for Disease Control, rabies is typically spread by bites or scratches from various animals, including bats, skunks and dogs.
Rabies can be fatal if not treated after exposure, and four to five doses of a vaccine, as well as a dose of human rabies immunoglobulin, should be given as soon as possible after a human comes into contact with the virus.
Contact with bats infected with the virus has become the most common cause of rabies deaths in humans in the United States.
Momsen has been the frontwoman of The Pretty Reckless since the band’s founding in 2009.
The group’s debut album, titled Light Me Up, was released in 2010 and peaked at number 10 on Billboard’s US Top Alternative Albums chart.
The 30-year-old Gossip Girl star’s group was opening for AC/DC at Seville’s La Cartuja Stadium when a bat landed on her left thigh and bit her after she finished a song titled Witches Burn.
However, the performer was initially unaware that she had been bitten and briefly ignored calls from onlookers trying to draw attention to the animal before noticing the bat on her leg.
The How the Grinch Stole Christmas actress was later transported to a hospital, where she was treated for the bite
The singer shared a message in the caption of all her social media posts, letting her fans know that she would be closely monitoring the incident.
The Pretty Reckless subsequently released two more albums in 2014 and 2016, Going to Hell and Who You Selling For.
The band’s most recently released album, Death by Rock and Roll, debuted in 2021.
Momsen and the rest of The Pretty Reckless, who have embarked on several headlining tours over their time as a band, began supporting AC/DC last month.
The group will conclude their run with the Australian rock band with a performance at Dublin’s Croke Park Stadium on August 17.