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Cops called after Mario Lopez gets phone smashed by aggressive Las Vegas spa-goer

Mario Lopez had his phone smashed in a Las Vegas spa.
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Mario Lopez had his phone smashed in a Las Vegas spa.
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Mario Lopez had his cell phone smashed by an unruly spa-goer in a Las Vegas spa, TMZ reports.

The “Extra” host, 43, was exercising at the Planet Hollywood Spa by Mandara Friday when he bumped into a man upon exiting the spa’s bathroom.

Though Lopez said “Excuse me,” the man became aggressive, and responded, “You got a problem?”

An employee was able to intervene before the man made any physical contact, but there was a victim in the situation: Lopez’s phone.

The man managed to get a hold of Lopez’s cell — which he had left on a locker room bench — and threw it against a wall, smashing it into pieces.

The cops were reportedly called, but Lopez refused to press charges and no arrests were made.

Luckily for the “Saved by the Bell” actor, he was saved from the bill — the hotel replaced his phone, free of charge.

According to TMZ, the man is a “known troublemaker” and has since been banned from the spa.

Lopez’s rough day was capped off with a Jennifer Lopez concert, which he attended with his wife, Courtney.

Lopez himself addressed the incident Monday on his radio show, “ON with Mario Lopez,” and said that after the incident with his phone, the man “went nuts” and began shoving employees.

“(The attacker) started to get hostile. One of the employees stepped in between us to kind of calm him down. I dropped by phone. At that point I just said, ‘Let me get my phone and get out of here,'” he said. “He heard that, picked it up and threw it against the wall as hard as he could. It smashed. Now I’m really upset, but I managed to contain myself. I showed restraint.”

Lopez added that three people filed assault charges, but he did not.