"I appreciate everyone who has expressed concern after the incident which occurred outside of Madeo restaurant [in L.A.] Saturday evening," he tells Usmagazine.com in a statement.
"While I did not expect a dinner out with friends would end up with me in the emergency room and nine stitches in my head, I am fine," he adds.
Paves wa, apparently by accident, over the weekend while trying to protect Jessica Simpson from photographers. She later rushed him to L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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"My only real concern on Saturday night, and it remains so in retrospect, was for the safety of my friend and all concerned," says Paves.
He adds, "I understand everyone has a job to do, including paparazzi. If I were to say anything about Saturday night, it is only to encourage that everyone would respect and care for the safety of others above all else.”
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