We don’t do enough tabloid headlines, but then, we don’t do much tabloid news. However, today we do have a juicy bit of news, well, juicy is a strong word. Reports came in that Reacher star Alan Ritchson got into a fight with a neighbour.
Reacher star Alan Ritchson caught fighting with a neighbor in dirt bike argumentpic.twitter.com/fitTTLJk2K
— ScreenTime (@screentime) March 23, 2026
If I got into a fight with a neighbour and Ritchson walked out, I would curl up into a ball and hope the sight of a grown man wetting his pants would make him just walk away. As you can see in this footage, Ritchson beat the guy up, and then doesn’t know how to ride a motorbike.
It seems that Ritchson was riding around the neighbourhood on a dirt bike. Not only was it very loud, but it was also very fast. The neighbour in question went to confront the rider, asking him to slow down, and it turned out to be Ritchson.
The neighbour was then interviewed by TMZ.
NEW: The neighbor who was allegedly punched by actor Alan Ritchson, explains to TMZ how the incident started, says he told the actor to “slow it down.”
“I did push him because he was coming towards me on his, on his bike.”
“He did it again for a second time. I pushed him a… pic.twitter.com/HN59T8DBB8
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 23, 2026
The comments online have been all over the place. A couple of outlets are calling Ritchson a “Trump-hating Christian”, even before telling the story. People are saying that since the man laid his hands on the Reacher star, he was justified in getting a thrashing. #FAFO
However, others are saying that the neighbour was justified in asking the bikers to slow down and keep the noise down. The suburb has kids playing in it, and an accident could have been a lot worse.
Who is in the right here?
