Country singer Luke Bryan responded Sunday to the wave of backlash he faced over the weekend for allowing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to make a surprise appearance at his Friday concert.
Video from Friday's show posted to social media showed Bryan simply walking onto the arena stage with the lights on and no music playing as the show began, a departure from the pageantry typical of Byran's performances. Bryan then started talking to the crowd about the deadly storm before calling the Florida governor onto the stage, an appearance Bryan said in a statement Sunday was at the governor's request.
Looks like I won’t be watching @AmericanIdol anymore now that @lukebryan has come out as a supporter of fascism and hate."Can you imagine being so supportive of homophobia, transphobia, control of women, abuse of immigrants, and suppression of voters that you use your privilege and platform to bring Ron DeSantis out on stage like some damn hero?" author John Pavlovitz tweeted."[Luke Bryan] can.
"I knew people would chatter about this but for me the more important piece was if I am going to go back there a few weeks after a large portion of people have been affected by a natural disaster in a state where people have been good to me this felt right," Bryan wrote."This is all I am saying about this. I’ll be outdoor with my boys. Enjoy your Sunday. Love ya’ll."
Hey Luke Bryan – if you don’t want to be seen as political, don’t bring a psychotically deranged human trafficking child torturing right wing extremist like Ron DeSantis on stage during your concert."The money was going to victims regardless, yes? He used you to prop himself up and you allowed it," comedian Sarah Colonna wrote."You know I’m a huge fan. It’s just a bummer."
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