Country star praises men who pinned down customer at Melbourne McDonalds

A US country music star has shared footage of an ugly incident at a Melbourne McDonald’s, in which a female staffer was allegedly abused and spat at.Drew Baldridge, who has been touring Australia with Jelly Roll, praised the actions of two men who stepped in and pinned the alleged assailant to the ground.“Wrong country if you want to abuse women,” one of the men can be heard saying in the footage.In a video posted to his social media channels on Thursday, captioned “Never abuse women,” Baldridge said it was “so inspiring to watch these dudes stand up for this woman.”Baldridge said he witnessed the man repeatedly hurl verbal abuse at the staffer.“He probably said it like five times and I was starting to get frustrated.“And I was like, ‘Bro, you need to calm down.You don’t talk to women like that.’At one point, the man appeared to spit at the young woman, “just because his order wasn’t right, I don’t know what it was.”The 34-year-old said it was at this point other men in the restaurant “came over and said, ‘Hey bro we don’t talk to women like that.’”“And before I know it these dudes got this dude on the ground,” he said.“And the guys were holding him down, saying, ‘wrong country to abuse women.

’”Baldridge said he knew some would not agree with those methods, but believed “you gotta know when to fight”.“It was just so inspiring to watch these dudes stand up for this woman,” he said.“And I think our country needs more of that, and a lot of people are not going to talk about thisAnd you’re gonna see maybe like ‘that’s the wrong way to do it you shouldn’t fight.’“But sometimes you gotta know when to fight.”It is unclear exactly when the incident unfolded, but Baldridge played two shows at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on October 28 and 29.News.com.au has contacted Baldridge’s management.There have been rising complaints about safety in Victoria’s capital in recent times, with federal oppos...