Headbutting is the new bitch slap. First it was Naomi Campbell. Then Amy Winehouse. Now Joss Stone has publicly headbutted a man – her own half-brother to be exact. When two celebrities do something, it’s a fad. But once you get three on board it’s an absolute trend, and pretty soon people will be doing/watching/wearing whatever it is in the street. So keep that in mind when you glare at the rude clerk at the grocery store.

Joss was a little late to her nephew’s baptism, and she was supposed to be the baby’s godmother. A fight ensued between Joss and her half-brother Daniel, resulting in her headbutting him.

Pop star Joss Stone amazingly headbutted her brother as a family baptism descended into an ugly brawl. The diva, 21, was to be godmother to half-brother Daniel Skillin’s year-old son Louis but incensed her family by arriving 30 minutes late. She then refused to properly read out the church order of service – and as elderly relatives confronted her she branded them “old biddies”.

When ex-heroin addict and jailbird Daniel, 29, later quizzed her, she turned violent. One guest revealed: “She was absolutely furious and they had a full-blown argument. They were screaming at each other and the next thing, Joss headbutted him. Other family members ran over to break it up and she stormed off. It turned from a nice family affair into a brawl between Joss and her brother. No one could believe it.”

Rev John Cunningham later confirmed he had reminded her about the reading but said: “The conversation I had is between me and her.” The ugly bust-up exploded after guests decamped to Daniel’s home.

However, her pals insisted Joss’s headbutt was little more than a tap. One friend said: “She had been looking forward to the baptism. No one seemed bothered that she was a little late but a few people from Daniel’s side had a go. At Daniel’s house she got lots of stick and eventually had a go back. But she didn’t want trouble and when things got a bit too heated she left. She was really upset.”

[From The Mirror]

Clearly. You know, when I’m really upset I yell, scream, or cry. Or generally do the wasp thing and keep it all inside, which is much more dignified and less healthy. But rarely do I resort to headbutting. Not never, but rarely. I imagine Joss looking like a charging rhino, coming at her poor brother with smoke coming out of her nostrils. Do rhino nostrils smoke? I think I’m mixing this up with dragons. But with that occasionally purplish-red hair of hers, Josh does look a bit dragon-esq.

Considering she couldn’t hold her temper together for a few hours over something that was clearly her mistake to begin with, it seems like it’d be a good idea to pick a new godmother. Heaven forbid the kid fail to blow out all his candles on his 5th birthday and Joss sucker punches him or something.

Here’s Joss Stone performing live at LA Pride 2008 on the WAMU Mainstage at West Hollywood Park on June 7th. Images thanks to WENN.