CeeLo Green: Two Festivals Cancel Singer's Shows After Twitter Scandal
Musician CeeLo Green is now feeling the aftermath of the Twitter storm he caused after sending out rape-related tweets at the end of August. Now, two shows have canceled the singer's appearances.
Both a U.S. Navy-sponsored concert and the Gretna Heritage Festival have canceled CeeLo Green's shows. According to Billboard, the JBAB Freedom Live event announced via Facebook that it had cut Green from the event's lineup, scheduled for Sept. 20 in Washington, D.C.
"Unfortunately, one of the performers we signed for the JBAB Freedom Live show on 20 September recently posted comments on social media that we consider to completely inconsistent with Navy core values," Freedom LIVE posted on its official Facebook page. "Regardless of intent or context, the lack of sensitivity towards an issue that is one of the great challenges facing our Navy is unacceptable."
Similarly, the Gretna Heritage Festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, has canceled Green's appearance at their show, according to local news station WWLTV.
"This is one of the safest, greatest family venues out there and we want to continue that," the festival's co-founder Ricky Templet said.
The festival will take place in New Orleans on Oct. 3-5 and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts will replace Green as Sunday's headliner.
Green's problems began on Aug. 31 when he sent a series of tweets referring to allegations that he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman. Buzzfeed obtained screenshots of the tweets before the musician deleted them and subsequently deleted his Twitter account.
"If someone is passed out they're not even WITH you consciously. So WITH implied consent," he tweeted. "People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!"
The musician soon apologized on Twitter for what he said.
"I truly and deeply apologize for the comments attributed to me on Twitter. Those comments were idiotic, untrue and not what I believe," he tweeted, according to USA Today.
However, the damage was done. Green's reality TV show on TBS was also canceled, though the network said it is not related to his offensive tweets.
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