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- Javier Bardem supports a Change.org petition calling for the removal of Pink as a UNICEF ambassador.
- Supporters of the petition argue her recent comments regarding Macklemore's pro-Palestinian stance at a concert are inconsistent with humanitarian values.
- Pink subsequently addressed the controversy, stating she advocates for innocent lives on both sides of the conflict and does not seek the silencing or termination of other artists.
- The incident has drawn public responses from other celebrities and online commenters.
What to watch next
- UNICEF's official response to the petition regarding Pink's ambassadorship.
- Potential further fallout between the involved public figures.
- Developments in the public discourse surrounding artists' political expressions during tours.
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Pink
2 quotes · 1 outlet
“Hamas is a terrorist organization. Palestinians deserve a future that honors their humanity and their aspirations. Protecting innocent life comes first, everywhere, and nobody should ever celebrate the death of a child. Anybody’s child.”
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…enough to fill in the rest. But let me fill it in… myself.” “Of course I don’t speak for Israel, or for any government,” she continued. “I never have. What I said in October 2023 is still exactly what I believe: Hamas is a terrorist organization. Palestinians deserve a future that honors their humanity and their aspirations. Protecting innocent life comes first, everywhere, and nobody should ever celebrate the death of a child. Anybody’s child. I’ve spent a decade as a UNICEF ambassador for kids who didn’t choose the country or the war they were born into, and I have grieved every one of them, on both sides of that fence. I didn’t do it from behind a screen;…
“I have never asked for another artist to be silenced and I’m not asking now. I don’t need anyone fired, and I don’t need a refund.”
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…the mic to tell all of the Jews in the stadium that it wasn’t about them. You don’t get to decide that for us.” “That’s what prompted my repost,” Pink continued. “Not ‘Free Palestine,’ and not anyone’s right to say it. I have never asked for another artist to be silenced and I’m not asking now. I don’t need anyone fired, and I don’t need a refund. What I need is to be able to say, as a Jewish mom, that scared me, and it scared people I love, without being told our fear is just propaganda, and without being told I’m somehow cool with genocide because I noticed?”…
Michael Rapaport
1 quote · 1 outlet
“Javier Bar-Dumb Dumb initiated,signed & is promoting a petition to have singer PINK removed as a UNICEF Ambassador. He’s is Bullying a Proud Jewish Woman.”
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…concert appearance. Michael Rapaport mocked Bardem as a "tattletale" and accusing the actor of going after Pink through a petition rather than confronting her directly. He wrote in an Instagram caption: " Javier Bar-Dumb Dumb initiated,signed & is promoting a petition to have singer PINK removed as a UNICEF Ambassador. He’s is Bullying a Proud Jewish Woman. " ALSO READ:In 2009, unemployed man spent 5 days digging and found £3.2 million treasure: What was inside the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard ever found? Selma Blair also weighed in in the comment section, writing: "Why would…
Selma Blair
1 quote · 1 outlet
“Why would anyone want this great removed from unicef for human , humble and loving words? This makes no sense.”
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…Woman." ALSO READ:In 2009, unemployed man spent 5 days digging and found £3.2 million treasure: What was inside the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard ever found? Selma Blair also weighed in in the comment section, writing: " Why would anyone want this great removed from unicef for human , humble and loving words? This makes no sense. I would think the terrifically talented actor man would worry about his own incredible life more. And allow love to flow. And listen to everybody. Not just his echo chamber. But alas." One commenter wrote: "I'm not a…
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Named Palestinian Territories · Israel · Congo - Kinshasa · Sudan · United States · Pink · Ed Sheeran · Fox News · Israeli American Council · Javier Bardem · Macklemore · Michael Rapaport · Selma Blair · UNICEF
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