Mel C pulls out of Poland new year gig over 'issues that do not align with communities I support'

[pi_lady]

Mel C pulls out of Poland new year gig over 'issues that do not align with communities I support' https://t.co/KvtaB86Gmo
- Sky News (@SkyNews) December 26, 2022

Mel C was supposed to be a special guest at a New Year's Eve concert organized by polish state broadcaster TVP 2. However, yesterday she posted that she wouldn't be performing bc she was

Comments

[saintlys]

When I think about the stranglehold PiS and the Church have on Poland, I just feel hopeless. I realize how lucky I am not to live there, but my heart goes out to all my fellow LGBT Poles who have to suffer under this repressive government and culture. I want to feel safe going back to my parents' homeland but I don't know when that'll be

[lurkurheartout]

Same here. It’s why I skipped out on “going home” on my europe trip. Which makes me really sad because my grandparents never got the chance to go home to Poland because of communism and I want to do it in honour of them, but I don’t feel like I can safely go.

[insomniachobs]

Good for her. I don't necessarily expect celebs to be super up on the politics of every country they might work in, and there are no totally unproblematic countries, but there is a limit and good to see an artist standing up when it counts

[manu19]

Good for her! I remember doing a survey for our Poland market and I had the gender option „diverse“ on the survey, the polish people were loosing their damn mind and the local office forced me to remove it 😬

[margo_girl]

good for her, we really need more artists to do their homework about the countries they are performing in

[dontholdthewall]

lmfao TVP 2

I guess gurl needed those coins