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Lil Nas XMayor Pulls Out of OUTLOUD at WeHo Burbank Faces Backlash Over Playful Pride to Critics Health Anti-LGBTQ+ Concerns Video,Due Cites Bias Rising Star Steps in to Mayor Konstantine Headline as Lil Nas X Anthony Defends Recovers Actions Amid Lil Nas X has canceled his headlining performance at the upcoming OUTLOUD Controversy Over Music Festival during WeHo Pride, citing health concerns that require immediate VideoOrganizers confirmed the news attention.
on Tuesday, noting they have been in By Dolores direct contact withQuintana the artist’s team in recent days as he recovers from a recent Burbank Mayor Konstantine Anthony is hospital visit. facing criticism from conservatives In a statement shared by following festival the circulationLil of aNas video him being organizers, X showing said, “After my spankedhospital by a drag queen during recent visit, I, like all an of event you, on the prioritize weekend ofmySeptember 10. Anthony must health and getting has responded that some of his back to 100%. As it currently critics stands,areI motivated bias the and type that the would notbybeanti-LGBTQ+ able to perform of incident was harmless. show my fans and community deserve. I the video, posted by theI Wisenuts amInsorry! Even though can't be podcast, there, I Mayoryou Anthony is seen spanked by hope all show OUTbeing for Pride. Now a dragthan artist,ever, backed by thetoVillage People’s more we need be seen.” “Macho Man.” Anthony described the events as “shenanigans” and emphasized that it was
Festival organizers expressed support for thegood Grammy-winning and urged all in fun. He went onartist to reveal that a fans to send well wishes. “Please join secretly recorded video was made during us in sending Montero all our love anda the event and subsequently shared with well-wishes a speedy recovery,” the prominent hatefor group. festival team said in a social media post. In a post on his Instagram account, Anthony In Lil Nas X’s place, breakout singerstated, “For several days, extremist right-wing songwriter Wolf will in as a organizations,Remi including Fox step News, have headliner, bringing her genre-blurring spread misleading information to fuel fear, sound to the Main Stage.I The Californiadiscrimination, and hate. will always be a based queer artist, forcommunity hits like proud supporter of theknown LGBTQ+ “Photo and “Disco Man,” has been and drag ID” performers.” praised for her and filled energetic He added, “On bold a busystyle Saturday with live shows. various independent gatherings, I attended sendingValley our best wishes private for a the“We're Santa Clarita Democrats’ speedy recovery to @lilnasx and Notably, special fundraiser for their organization. thanks to no queer risingendorsed star @remiwolf there were officially candidates for stepping in so quickly,” the festival’s or state and federal political figures present. announcement continued. The event was open to young adults ages 15 and above. However, there were no attendees OUTLOUD Music Festival is a below 18. Additionally, were centerpiece of Westno children Hollywood’s present.”Pride celebrations and is known WeHo not specifying particulartalent hate forWhile showcasing top the LGBTQ+ group in question, it isartists. possible that Anthony alongside emerging was referring to the Twitter account, now known as X, called “Libs of TikTok,” which
reposted the video and garnered over 8 million views. In response to the video, the Libs of TikTok account claimed that children were present at the event. Mayor Anthony disputed this assertion, stating that “actually, there weren’t any children at this private 21+ event. But of course, lying is totally on brand for you.” While the account correctly pointed out that individuals aged 15 and older were permitted to attend, the event’s organizer, the Santa Clarita Valley Democrats, released a statement clarifying that no individuals under the age of 18 were in attendance. Mayor Anthony reiterated this point during a City Council meeting and expressed his concern that the video’s circulation had led to city officials receiving “some of the most vile hate speech that I have ever seen.” Anthony encouraged those with concerns about his actions to communicate with him directly via email at kanthony@burbankca. gov. He stated, “If you want to talk to me about what happened over the weekend, send me an email. Send me an email. I will talk to
you about it. There is no reason to involve all of the other people who were not at a public event, not at a government-sponsored event. It wasn’t even in the city of Burbank.” In a statement released on Tuesday, the Santa Clarita Valley Democrats voiced their support for Mayor Anthony and strongly denounced the sensationalized and inaccurate portrayal of their event for political purposes that promoted fear, homophobia, transphobia, and bigotry. The Democrats reaffirmed their commitment to the LGBTQ+ community and drag performers, refusing to engage with what they referred to as “fake outrage.”
Pedestrian Critically Injured in West Hollywood Hit-and-Run Bomb Threat Temporarily Halts “Lil Nas
X: Long Live Montero” Premiere at TIFF WeHo Sheriffs Investigate Collision with Pedestrian
Thomson Hall, where the documentary was set A spokesperson for the Toronto police security swept the scene and cleared it within World Premiere Traffic investigators with the of West to be screened. informed CTV News Toronto that the threat 20 minutes,” noted Constable Victor Kwong. Lung stated, “Our standard security had been conveyed to the festival’s private Hollywood Sheriff’s Station are searching Toronto police also clarified that the threat Documentary Washit- measures remained in place during this time, for the driver involved in a felony security by a passerby. “Out of an abundance had a general nature and did not specifically and-run collision that left a pedestrian and the screening commenced with a slight hospitalized with life-threatening Screened After injuries. delay. To our knowledge, this was a general of caution, the Toronto police and the private target any individual or entity. The incident occurred near the threat and not directed at the film or the artist.” intersection of Fountain Avenue and 20-Minute Delay BACK OR UNFILES Havenhurst Drive, where a white sedan
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traveling westbound on Fountain Avenue By Dolores Quintana failed to yield to a pedestrian legally crossing in the crosswalk, authorities The premiere of “Lil Nas X: Long said. Live The vehicle struck the pedestrian andFilm fled Montero” at the Toronto International the scene, continuing westbound Festival (TIFF) faced a momentary setbackand on disappearing Saturday night from due toview. a bomb threat. Deputies theVice vehicle is of believed Judy Lung,said TIFF’s President Public to haveand sustained front-end confirmed or left-front Affairs Communications, to bumper damage the crash. The CTV News Torontoduring via a written statement victim was rushed to a to nearby hospital, that the festival was alerted an investigation where they remain in critical condition. “in the vicinity of the red carpet” at Roy
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