Michael Buble's wife defends 'disturbing' moment in live video

Luisana Lopilato is defending her husband Michael Bublé after a live Instagram video showed the singer elbowing her in the ribs after she spoke before him.

The video left hundreds of fans ‘disturbed’ with many saying the tense moment made them ‘incredibly uncomfortable’.

The interaction happened earlier this week when the couple, who have been married since 2011, appeared together to host an Instagram Live segment.

The 44-year-old singer elbowed the Argentinian actress in the side after she spoke over him, and grabbed her arm.

Lopilato apologised to Bublé, who then pulled her closer to him and put his arms around her shoulder.

Luisana has since slammed comments suggesting the video shows ‘toxic’ behaviour as ‘lies’, and described the backlash as an attack on her family.

“Thank you for worrying,” she said in a video. “It's very important that we pay attention to these problems that have been mentioned and that I am lucky not to suffer. But, it is important to pay attention to be able to help women that are going through it.”

Buble’s reps also told E News the accusations are an example of ‘cyber-bullying’.

"Anyone who watches them on Facebook live every day can see that this is a beautiful partnership filled with love," the rep said.

Fans hit out at ‘disturbing’ moment

The exchange prompted fans of Lopilato and Bublé to take to social media, expressing their concern over the behaviour.

"That Michael Bublé video is actually very uncomfortable to watch,” another wrote.

Luisana responds to ‘incredible’ commentary

The comments across the actress’s social media platforms prompted her to issue a statement in Spanish to her more than 4.7 million Instagram followers.

“It's incredible how some people are!” Lopilato wrote, according to a translation from Hola!

“While we are in the middle of a pandemic, and living our lives under quarantine, angst, fear, loneliness, and uncertainty of all kinds [I] come out every day with my husband to try to do lives to bring some happiness, entertainment, longing, and we have to put up with, hear and see what people with ill intentions are posting without knowing anything about our family,” she continued.

“After all the pain that we have experienced, I want you all to know that I have no doubts about who my husband is and that I would choose him again a thousand times over!"

Lopilato is thought to be referring to the couple’s struggle with son Noah’s liver cancer diagnosis when he was just three years old.

Fans double down

Lopilato’s post caused some of her followers to double down on their belief that Bublé’s behaviour was disrespectful.

However, she stated that fans were being unfair when they pointed to other [footage of the pair] – on two occasions Michael can be heard telling her he is ‘going to kill her’ when she is struggling to turn the camera off. Given the short clips give just a snippet of any broader context, there is no indication that he was making a serious threat.

After fans continued to rail against the moment, Luisana responded with a more detailed video.

In the video, she appears with Michael and thanks fans for their concern but insists she is not suffering from any supposed toxic relationship or abuse and seems to imply the comments have been taken out of context.

The couple share three children together, six-year-old son Noah, four-year-old son Elias and one-year-old daughter Vida.

With additional reporting from Elizabeth Di Filippo

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