“I actually hurt my wrist because my f‑‑‑ing chair rotated,” the rapper said with a laugh. “Ow!”

Post Malone injures himself while attempting to do backflip holding lit cigarette during livestream

"I actually hurt my wrist because my f‑‑‑ing chair rotated," the rapper said with a laugh. "Ow!"

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Post Malone isn't feeling like a rock star after his latest mishap was caught on camera.

The "Rockstar" singer and rapper injured himself during his own Twitch livestream last week when he attempted to do a backflip off his swivel desk chair.

And while he wiped out spectacularly (natch), it must be noted that he never dropped his lit cigarette during the otherwise cringe moment.

"Here it comes, y'all," the "Sunflower" artist (real name: Austin Post) said while getting up from his chair. "This is just an attempt!"

In video captured by TMZ and posted on TikTok, the Grammy-nominated performer moves the rolling chair into position and steps onto it with both feet before trying to backflip off of it. However, he never actually rotates his body and just falls to the floor in a heap with a loud groan. He immediately gets back up and gives the camera a thumbs-up.

"Ugh, it was all right," Malone says before adding with a laugh, "I actually hurt my wrist because my f‑‑‑ing chair rotated, f‑‑‑! Ow!"**

The 30-year-old artist, who is set to headline Stagecoach later this year, was live on the streaming platform to play the video game event Post Malone's Murder Circus Encore in *Hunt: Showdown 1896* (available now through Feb. 9). Throughout the stream, he played the game, drank Bud Light, and smoked cigarettes.

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This is hardly the first time the "Congratulations" artist has had a public spill. Last July, during his Big Ass Stadium Tour, he took a tumble when he kneeled down on the stage to clink his red Solo cup against a fan's cup in the audience.

Video of the moment posted on TikTok showed Malone raising his cup and leaning over, as the edge of the stage fell away during the Arizona show.

The footage was captioned, "I am SO sorry Austin. I love you! Such an amazing show." And it featured the words, "I didn't mean to almost break your back."

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In September 2022, Malone had another spill at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis during a stop on his *Twelve Carat* tour.

While Malone managed to get up and finish an abbreviated version of the concert then, his manager later revealed that the singer had bruised his ribs. He was hospitalized and given pain medication after falling through what he described as "a big-ass hole" on his set.

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"I just want to apologize to everyone in St. Louis, and I want to say thank you guys so much for coming to the show," Malone said in a video posted afterward. "And next time I'm around this way, we're gonna do a two-hour show for you so we can make up for the couple missed songs that we missed."

Malone ended up having to cancel a concert scheduled for Boston as a result.

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