'Jesse Metcalfe Is Arrogant, Insulting And Rude'

The British rapper who was involved in a heated altercation with Jesse Metcalfe outside a Los Angeles nightclub insists that he punched the actor in self defence.

The former Desperate Housewives hunk was chatting to Crossroads star Taryn Manning outside the celebrity plagued Boulevard 3 club when the actress' boyfriend Mams Taylor knocked the 29-year-old down to the ground with a series of punches.

"Of course I'd rather the incident did not take place,” the rapper told a U.S. publication “But Jesse was arrogant, insulting and unnecessarily very rude to me as well as my girlfriend. I was also physically attacked first before I defended myself."

Metcalfe still faces charges after allegedly attacking a paparazzi photographer last year.