Victor Wembanyama, a star with the San Antonio Spurs, has finally spoken out about the latest controversy involving pop singer Britney Spears.

On Wednesday night in Las Vegas, the 19-year-old Frenchman was making his way to a restaurant when Britney Spears, 41, made an effort to catch his attention.

Victor Wembanyama has spoken out after his security guard slapped Britney Spears, with the NBA star saying he didn’t know Spears was the person involved until later

Spears said on Instagram that the experience is ‘super embarrassing to share’

After she approached Wembanyama, a member of his security team allegedly “backhanded her,” per Brian Grajales, a witness who spoke with TMZ.

The witness said that Spears’ sunglasses flew from her face after she was slapped, causing her to yell angrily: “This is fuc ing America!”

This account of the moment differs slightly from what law enforcement reported.

Cops said that the guard hit her hand away as she reached for the NBA star – resulting in her own hand hitting her face.

On Thursday afternoon, Wembanyama addressed the media and explained what he knew of the incident.

He said, via Nate Ryan of CBS affiliate KENS 5, that “something did happen” while he was walking to a restaurant with his security team, but that he “thought it was no big deal.”

Wembanyama said: “We were in a hall, there were a lot of people.

“So, people calling me obviously. And there was one person who was calling [for] me.

“But we talked before with the security ‘Don’t stop cause it’s gonna make a crowd.’ So I couldn’t stop.

“So that person was calling me ‘Sir. Sir.’ That person grabbed me from behind. I didn’t see what happened because I was walking straight and we [were] told ‘don’t stop.'”

Wembanyama added that to his knowledge “the security pushed her away” but that he did not “know with how much force” as he continued walking and did not turn around to look.

He went on to say that he was not immediately aware that the person in question was Spears, adding that he “thought they were joking” when he was told.

Later, on Thursday afternoon, Spears took to Instagram where she opened up about the incident and condemned the security guard.

Commenting that the experience was “super embarrassing to share,” she wrote: “Traumatic experiences are not new to me and I have had my fair share of them. I was not prepared for what happened to me last night.

“I recognized an athlete in my hotel as I was heading to dinner. I later went to a restaurant at a different hotel and saw him again.

“I decided to approach him and congratulate him on his success. It was really loud, so I tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.

“I am aware of the player’s statement where he mentions ‘I grabbed him from behind’ but I simply tapped him on the shoulder.

“His security then backhanded me in the face without looking back, in front of a crowd.

“Nearly knocking me down and causing my glasses off my face.”

Spears also insisted that she only “imply tapped ” the rising French basketball star to try to take a picture with the player and did not “grabbed ” Victor as he had alleged to the press on Thursday.

Spears said that being “swarmed” by fans is a usual occurrence for her, and that it even happened that very night.

“My security didn’t hit any of them,” she wrote.

Her husband, Sam Asghari, slammed the security guard who ‘slapped’ her in a since-deleted rant.

“Self-defense can be unavoidable, but the defense of any woman, especially my wife, is not debatable,” he wrote.

Those accompanying Britney exclaimed in surprise at the bodyguard’s actions