Stuttering “America’s Got Talent” singer Timothy Poe yesterday defended his war-time injuries for the TV show fiasco that has his fellow soldiers calling him a fraud.
“It may not have happened exactly like I said it did,” he told The Post last night.
“I really do not remember a lot of things since the accident.
“I remember a blast going off by my head and being in Afghanistan and telling one of the sergeants,” he said.
“It is like a dream . . . I can’t remember things exactly how it happened.”
The father of two has been under fire since his appearance Monday night on the NBC talent show. During his emotional audition, Poe, 35, told a tear-jerking story of how he was nearly killed by a grenade in the line of duty.
Since then, soldiers from his unit have called Poe’s story a lie and the Minnesota National Guard has said it could not substantiate his claims.
He even told the judges he’d never sung before coming back from Afghanistan, which his friends and family also said was not true.
“I was in a band,” Poe admitted. “But it was before the accident. And at the time of ‘AGT,’ when the judges asked, before I could even think about answering, my words had already came out.”
Poe, who answered questions by e-mail, supplied The Post with documents that indicate he was injured in the line of duty in Afghanistan but do not say how or when.
Poe insists that he never intended to exaggerate his military status for personal gain.