Overview
- Video first shared by TMZ shows a man kneeling with a ring box during Palmer’s live podcast panel for I Love Boosters as she replied, “I can’t marry you, I don’t know you.”
- Security and staff intervened after the man lingered at the stage and at one point claimed, “She wants to say yes,” before he was escorted out to audience applause.
- SXSW spokesman Brett Cannon confirmed the individual’s Platinum badge was revoked and emphasized the festival’s focus on participant safety.
- Some attendees said the same person had acted unusually earlier in the venue, accounts that were cited by outlets but not independently verified across reports.
- At least one outlet reported a criminal trespass arrest after the removal, a detail not uniformly confirmed; the panel resumed as Palmer urged the room to take a breath.