The skeptics came out in force after a video surfaced Tuesday of Bow Wow allegedly being chased down the street by an army of crazed fans in Charlotte, with folks accusing the actor and TV host of staging the event for publicity.

Bow Wow, real name Shad Moss, took a hit to his credibility in early May after he posted a photo of a private jet to his Instagram with the caption, "Travel day. NYC press run for Growing Up Hip Hop" only to have a bystander who was flying commercial that day expose him as having been on the same flight.

The scandal even spawned the #BowWowChallenge, in which people posted photos online in which they were obviously fake flexing.

Speaking with TMZ Wednesday, however, Bow Wow insists the fan chase was real and broke down what happened.

"Our tour buses was parked not really where they were supposed to be," he said, explaining that he's currently on the SoSoSUMMER17 tour. "I was on the loading dock [of the venue] with Jermaine [Dupri]...and I told him 'I'm gonna try to run around the crowd,' and he's like 'good luck.'"

"It was smooth until one grabbed my shirt...so when I started running, I looked back, then one [fan] started running, then two...then 12 then 20..."

In the clip Bow Wow also spoke more on the private jet incident, claiming he never actually said he was on the plane.

Watch it up top.

Source: youtube.com