Jewel gives what news outlets will call an apology for her Trump inauguration performance
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Recently notable has-been Jewel posted on Instagram after receiving backlash and criticism for her recent inauguration party performance ( ONTD link). RFK Jr. and his wife Cheryl Hines were in attendance, and she later took photos with local man's family.
Transcription under the cut but the tl;dr is that she allegedly did it for the sake of mental health and saving lives, and she calls queer people her "treasures". No, I'm not joking.
Transcript:
"Let's talk. As many of you know, I am a mental health advocate. If there's anything that I've learned in the past 20 years, it's that mental health affects everybody's lives across party lines.
I reached out to the last administration, spoke with the Surgeon General about the mental health crisis that's facing our nation. I don't know if you guys know the stats, but it is bleak. One in four kids-one in four kids are considering unaliving themselves, and it's not much better for adults, and I believe that there are things that we can do to save lives.
I believe I can help, and if I believe I can help, I have to try. And if I wait to try until I agree 100% with the people that might be willing to help me, I'd never get off the bench.
I don't think that's how activism works. Waiting until everything's perfect enough to participate. It's actually because things are so imperfect that we have to find ways to engage and to participate.
And we have to act now. We cannot wait another four years. I believe there are people in the new administration that are willing to help on this issue and I do not agree on all the politics, but if I can help shape policy, make sure mental health is in the conversation when it comes to American health-if I can help put resources or mental health tools into the hands of the most vulnerable who need it, I'm going to try. And I'm going to fight.
And I understand that my words were overly simplistic. Half of our country feels hope right now. And I honor that. And half of our country feels disenfranchised, and scared, and vulnerable. And that is unacceptable.
And I'm so sorry that I caused pain. Especially in my LGBTQIA+ community because you guys are treasures. You make the world a better place. You've made my life a better place, and I will not stop fighting. None of us can afford to stop fighting, and I really believe that the only way we change is in relationship. It isn't in isolation or by isolating, it's by being in relationship-by reaching out, by having hard conversations.
And I really hope that we can push through our hurt and move toward understanding on both sides. It pains me, and I'm so sorry some of my longtime fans feel that I let them down... *dramatic ohhh*. I want to be a ray of light in this world.
I try hard to be a ray of light in your lives, and I know that in times of darkness we must grow light. And so I will wake up again tomorrow and try again. And I will count on each of you to do the same. I have so much love and admiration for each of you. *mwah*.
the end of her post is giving hawk-tuah girl imo (this isn't a Jewel tweet btw, just a HT-girl quote)
sources: Instagram, ONTD
Recently notable has-been Jewel posted on Instagram after receiving backlash and criticism for her recent inauguration party performance ( ONTD link). RFK Jr. and his wife Cheryl Hines were in attendance, and she later took photos with local man's family.
Transcription under the cut but the tl;dr is that she allegedly did it for the sake of mental health and saving lives, and she calls queer people her "treasures". No, I'm not joking.
Transcript:
"Let's talk. As many of you know, I am a mental health advocate. If there's anything that I've learned in the past 20 years, it's that mental health affects everybody's lives across party lines.
I reached out to the last administration, spoke with the Surgeon General about the mental health crisis that's facing our nation. I don't know if you guys know the stats, but it is bleak. One in four kids-one in four kids are considering unaliving themselves, and it's not much better for adults, and I believe that there are things that we can do to save lives.
I believe I can help, and if I believe I can help, I have to try. And if I wait to try until I agree 100% with the people that might be willing to help me, I'd never get off the bench.
I don't think that's how activism works. Waiting until everything's perfect enough to participate. It's actually because things are so imperfect that we have to find ways to engage and to participate.
And we have to act now. We cannot wait another four years. I believe there are people in the new administration that are willing to help on this issue and I do not agree on all the politics, but if I can help shape policy, make sure mental health is in the conversation when it comes to American health-if I can help put resources or mental health tools into the hands of the most vulnerable who need it, I'm going to try. And I'm going to fight.
And I understand that my words were overly simplistic. Half of our country feels hope right now. And I honor that. And half of our country feels disenfranchised, and scared, and vulnerable. And that is unacceptable.
And I'm so sorry that I caused pain. Especially in my LGBTQIA+ community because you guys are treasures. You make the world a better place. You've made my life a better place, and I will not stop fighting. None of us can afford to stop fighting, and I really believe that the only way we change is in relationship. It isn't in isolation or by isolating, it's by being in relationship-by reaching out, by having hard conversations.
And I really hope that we can push through our hurt and move toward understanding on both sides. It pains me, and I'm so sorry some of my longtime fans feel that I let them down... *dramatic ohhh*. I want to be a ray of light in this world.
I try hard to be a ray of light in your lives, and I know that in times of darkness we must grow light. And so I will wake up again tomorrow and try again. And I will count on each of you to do the same. I have so much love and admiration for each of you. *mwah*.
the end of her post is giving hawk-tuah girl imo (this isn't a Jewel tweet btw, just a HT-girl quote)
sources: Instagram, ONTD