Fans cringe as Omarion eats watermelon during Verzuz battle

Fans can’t stop talking about the Verzuz battle between Omarion and Mario after the former brought a watermelon onstage and ate it during his performance.

The latest edition of the music battle took place on Thursday (June 23) in Los Angeles and featured the likes of Ray J, Sammie, Bobby V, and Pleasure P.

Mario and Omarion went head to head and both brought a lot of nostalgia to their performances.

But the talk on social media revolved around Omarion eating a watermelon onstage and the viral moment has garnered a lot of attention.

Omarion eats watermelon during Verzuz battle

Thursday’s Verzuz battle was live-streamed from Los Angeles, where the singers put on a highly entertaining show with some of their biggest hits.

While Omarion and Mario entertained fans with their performances, a moment involving a watermelon has earned spotlight on Twitter.

During one part of the battle, Omarion brought his brother onstage and both of them ate a large slice of watermelon.

It’s not clear whether they wanted to warm up their vocals or ease their stage fright but Omarion sparked wide criticism for seductively eating the red fruit in front of fans.

We are not going to include a video as many viewers said the watermelon moment made them uncomfortable.

Fans cringe at watermelon moment

Omarion has certainly garnered a lot of attention after the video of him eating watermelon in front of fans went viral on Twitter.

“To eat watermelon you have to use mad teeth, Omarion got explaining to do,” one Twitter user reacted.

“Omarion and his brother eating that watermelon on stage was straight cringe-worthy,” another wrote.

“Omarion and that watermelon is so cringe,” someone else commented.

“Omarion had special guests, dance sequences, a ‘You Got Served’ tribute, a watermelon-eating contest, sage, and some wardrobe changes… just to get destroyed by Mario and his coat,” a fourth fan wrote.

Someone else added: “I’m imagining Omarion was late because he had to stop by Ralph’s to get those two cuts of watermelon.”

Viewers pick their winner

Verzuz battles don’t declare a winner but fans on social media have picked one for every music battle so far.

According to reactions from viewers this time, Mario seems to be the winner in fans’ hearts in his latest face-off against Omarion.

One fan tweeted: “The most chaotic Verzuz I have watched since Jadakiss. Shoutout to Mario. #DMV Vocals, class, virgo petty, and cute. He definitely won!!”

“He won.. worth the wait,” wrote another fans alongside a picture of Mario.

A third added: “Omarion brought out all his tricks but all Mario did was sing beautifully and won.”

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