A Post Malone fan traded custom sneakers she'd hand-painted for his post-concert shoes — though he warned her they his 'stink'

• Post Malone swapped sneakers with a fan after noticing them holding a box of shoes from the stage.
• She had watched a Youtube video to figure out his size and handpainted the gifted pair.
• After receiving hate online, she clarified that she had no intention of selling the keepsakes. 

After spotting a fan holding a box of shoes from the stage, Post Malone came over to her — appearing sweaty in the post-show fluorescent lights — to ask if she'd brought them for him. A few seconds later, he'd traded her his own.

"These are so sick," he told her, looking at the white shoes displayed in a box with "4 Post" written in black marker across the lid. "I saw them on stage when I was singing," he told her, as she said they're "for you."

"I wanted to make sure I could come and grab them," he said. "You're a legend. You are fucking so sick. Thank you very much." The fan, TikToker @giulidgaf, posted a TikTok of her adding a black and maroon butterfly to the shoes on May 2, had handpainted the pair for Post Malone, adding sketches of fruit, a caterpillar, and a red hand print. She told commenters she had watched an old YouTube clip of the musician buying shoes to learn his size. 

But, before he left with the new shoes, she said: "You take mine, and I take yours." 

"Oh, is that the trade? I didn't know it was a trade," he said, leaning down to untie his laces as the crowd cheered him on. "I'll have you know, these shoes stink, probably." As he kicked off his white high-tops, a member of his entourage set down a pristine pair of white Crocs for him to change into. (Post Malone has done multiple collaborations with Crocs). 

At her request, Post Malone signed his pair — and he gave her a brief hug and kiss on the cheek before leaving.  

A video of the interaction has since been viewed more than 22.8 million times. On May 4, @giulidgaf made another TikTok to clarify misconceptions after receiving "so much hate" and turning the comments off on a video that she said captured a special moment in her life. 

The TikToker addressed concerns that she had been rude, explaining that she spoke Italian and that English wasn't her native tongue. "I tried to express myself as best I could with him, and I'm happy to have been able to tell him what his music does and what he is for me, albeit with some errors of expression," she wrote in on-screen text.

 

"I will always be grateful for this moment," she said, "and if he didn't want to do or say something, he wouldn't have done it." 

She also shared images of the shoes Post Malone had taken off his feet and given to her. "Every scrape and scuff on his shoes is an expression of how incredible and crazy his show was," she wrote in on-screen text. "I am happy to be able to keep this memory with me forever."