Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Comes to the Rescue After Autograph Mob Nearly Crushes Fan

Matthew Aguilar

06/25/2019 05:37 pm EDT

Spider-Man star Tom Holland is already pretty beloved among Marvel fans, but his recent actions during an autograph session will only endear him to those fans more. That's when he stepped in and helped a fan named Cass (@NamelessCass) who was being overwhelmed by other fans and graphers, so much so that she was being pushed against the barricade. Holland saw that and started telling the fans behind her to stop pushing, but he didn't stop there, as he also warned them if they kept doing it he was going to throw their stuff to the ground. They didn't heed his warning, so he did just that and finally got them to back off.

Cass recalled the events on social media, saying "TOM HOLLAND JUST THREATENED GROWN ASS MEN THEN THREW THEIR POSTERS BECAUSE I WAS CRUSHED AGAINST THE BARRICADE HE SAID "IM GONNA THROW YOUR SHIT ON THR GROUND IF YOU KEEP PUSHING HER" then came to me and calmed me down and the video HES LITERALLY SO MAD AT GRAPHERS VKSBDKSN WHAT?"

She said he helped calm her down after the fact too. "I'll post the video when I get service but my dumbass didn't even get a pic but like he calmed me down cause I was legitimately shaking and risked it all for me so I'm happy asf"

"By risked it all I meant he literally reached through the crowd as the barricade was like tipping and snatched the posters cksbdk like he risked HIS safety to help me," Cass continued.

"'It's okay I got you I got you' @TomHolland1996 ? This was absolutely INSANE and should NEVER happen....my neck was literally against the barricade with 30 grown men behind me pushing.... ridiculous how people act like you're not only endangering fans safety but Toms as well?"

You can see some of this play out in the video above, and you can check out everything else that happened on the following slides.

He Wasn't Kidding

Turns out Holland wasn't kidding about throwing all their stuff.

"HE REALLY THREW ALL THE SHIT TOO FLABDKSB"

A Madhouse

(Photo: Marvel Studios)

The autograph signing was a bit of a madhouse, with people doing their best to get in front of Holland, and another video shows just how chaotic it was.

"My friend that was standing in the back took this video while it was going on......welcome to the clown show ! All of us there (fan wise) were literally like 5'2 with 30+ 6ft tall grown men pushing and basically climbing behind us ??"

Not the First Warning

So apparently, this was far from the first warning from Holland regarding the crowd's behavior.

"I also was not there way in but apparently he's been telling them all day to quit it and nobody's listened lmfaoooo lean how to act ?"

"How about people just be respectful and act normal in a barricade woah who would've thought of that!!! This wasn't a concert or a show with a mf mosh pit this was a literal weak ass barricade in the middle of a nyc street...."

Had to Mute

The crowd really was in quite a fit around Holland, and you can see him get visibly annoyed by all the screaming and reaching in with things to autograph in this video, even without the sound.

"muted because people were screeching but tom literally looks so upset and he keeps saying 'calm down' i feel so awful people were mobbing him and he was really bothered"

My Stuff on the Ground

It turns out some of the stuff on the ground wasn't thrown down, but actually belonged to a fan named Christina (@CBones705). She revealed that she ended up being trampled by some men behind her and couldn't get back up.

"that's literally my shit on the ground because grown fucking men trampled me to the ground while I had a full blown panic attack, didn't get my autograph and physically couldn't get up. zero people helped so all I could do was sit there"

No one offered to help her either, which is perhaps even more upsetting to her than the entire ordeal.

"I spent over an hour crying because someone dropped something on my shoulder and head so now I have a bruise and a bump and while I was pushed to the ground and being stepped on, zero people tried to help so I couldn't even pretend to try for my autograph."

Graphers

(Photo: Marvel Studios)

Many in the thread are saying that graphers are mostly to blame for the incident, and sadly this is far from the first time they have done this type of thing.

"i'm so glad people are justly calling out graphers (who are typically older men) because these grown ass adults shove and push teenage girls for an autograph that they're gonna end up selling on ebay."

Ruining It for the Other Fans

Many are also upset that these people ruined the event for other fans who just wanted to talk to Holland about how much he means to them.

"this seriously hurts. people who claim to be his fans are throwing posters and phones in his face whereas others (such as our stan twitter queens i love u guys) really just send them love and want to say how much they mean to them. unacceptable behavior."

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