--- description: CeeLo Green said he is fine after a video appearing to show an exploding cell phone in the singer's hand spread on Saturday title: CeeLo Green Says He's Alive After That Cell Phone Explosion Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe40210903a9a78b/6988b357cf40a844f5c45e22/cee-lo-green-ok.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Don't Worry, CeeLo Green Says He's Alive After That Cell Phone Explosion Video by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:02 AM CUTPublished: Dec 18, 2016 4:25 PM CUT  Cee Lo Green performs onstage the 2016 Angel Ball hosted by Gabrielle's Angel Foundation For Cancer Research on Nov. 21, 2016 in New York City. Cee Lo Green performs onstage the 2016 Angel Ball hosted by Gabrielle's Angel Foundation For Cancer Research on Nov. 21, 2016 in New York City.Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:02 AM CUTPublished: Dec 18, 2016 4:25 PM CUT CeeLo Green said he is fine after a video appearing to show an [exploding cell phone in the singer’s hand](https://www.facebook.com/mediatakeout/videos/1491967347501874/ "undefined") circulated online on Saturday. “I just want to let everybody know that I am alive, and I’m well, and I’m OK,” he said in a Facebook live video on Saturday night. “Truthfully, I’m really upset that anybody had to be emotionally disturbed by what they saw today.” Green said the [surveillance-style video](https://www.facebook.com/mediatakeout/videos/1491967347501874/ "undefined") showing the singer collapsing after his cell phone exploded was actually part of a project he doing called “Gnarly Davidson.” “It’s supposed to set up and introduce the new character identity, you know what I’m saying,” he said. “Forgive me, y’all, I’m still going to release the music though. But first and foremost, for everybody that love me and care about me, I just want to say that I’m OK.” Watch the video below on Instagram. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4605804/ceelo-green-alive-explosion-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4605804/ceelo-green-alive-explosion-video/"},"headline":"Don't Worry, CeeLo Green Says He's Alive After That Cell Phone Explosion Video","datePublished":"2016-12-18T16:25:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T00:02:53.000Z","description":"\"I'm really upset that anybody had to be emotionally disturbed by what they saw today\"","url":"https://time.com/4605804/ceelo-green-alive-explosion-video/","keywords":["Music","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe40210903a9a78b/6988b357cf40a844f5c45e22/cee-lo-green-ok.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe40210903a9a78b/6988b357cf40a844f5c45e22/cee-lo-green-ok.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gabrielle's Angel Foundation For Cancer Research Hosts Angel Ball 2016 - Inside","caption":"Gabrielle's Angel Foundation For Cancer Research Hosts Angel Ball 2016 - Inside","creditText":"Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4605804/ceelo-green-alive-explosion-video/","name":"Don't Worry, CeeLo Green Says He's Alive After That Cell Phone Explosion Video"}}]}] ```