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Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration, Apologizes to LGBT Community
The Wrap ^ | January 14, 2017 | Itay Hod

Posted on 01/14/2017 9:44:08 AM PST by EdnaMode

Jennifer Holliday has canceled her appearance at Donald Trump’s inauguration event next week, calling her decision to perform a “lapse of judgement.”

Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Inauguration Performance, Apologizes to LGBT Community (Exclusive) Jennifer Holliday has canceled her appearance at Donald Trump’s inauguration event next week, calling her decision to perform a “lapse of judgement.”

In an open letter, provided exclusively to TheWrap, the “Dreamgirls” star apologized to the LGBT community, saying she was “uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history and for causing such dismay and heartbreak to my fans.”

The Tony and Grammy winner came under fire from some of her fans on Friday after it was announced that she was set to perform at a concert as part of Trump’s inauguration festivities.

(Excerpt) Read more at thewrap.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: holiday; hollywood; jennifer; jenniferholliday
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

Quote:

“The Fag-Nazis are at it again. A big so what.
The entertainment industry is going to find out how meaningless they are.

No one needs any of them for anything.”

When “VR” headsets become an affordable, hi-def reality for everyone these “entertainers” will find out just how much they aren’t needed anymore.

Popular music is dead and the film industry soon will be.


81 posted on 01/14/2017 10:42:18 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: EdnaMode

The entertainment industry investigations did not involve Joe McCarthy at all.


82 posted on 01/14/2017 10:44:28 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: EdnaMode

Only heard of Doc Holliday and Billie Holliday, not this one


83 posted on 01/14/2017 10:45:38 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: Gaffer

The “Tony” is the award for Broadway excellence, named for Antoinette Perry, but I know nothing about her.


84 posted on 01/14/2017 10:46:54 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: EdnaMode

I am very serious when I say I don’t have a clue who she is without doing a google search


85 posted on 01/14/2017 10:47:06 AM PST by wild74
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To: EdnaMode; ExTexasRedhead; Maine Mariner; flaglady47; Bushbacker1; entropy12; danamco; ...
Jennifer Holliday is 56 years old, black, born in Texas, currently resides in Atlanta. Married twice, divorced twice.

She buckled to pressure from the black, gay and lesbian friends who populate her followers when withdrawing from a performance at the Inaugural Concert next week.

She's sufficiently dummied down and ignorant enough to even think that Mr. Trump would succumb to HER pressure as she did to the pressure from her own fans.

In this time of fake news, I'd like to see or hear that she actually got a formal invitation to perform.

Leni

86 posted on 01/14/2017 10:49:38 AM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!.......GO PENCE !!!)
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To: kiryandil

Yes she will lose both ways.


87 posted on 01/14/2017 10:51:57 AM PST by ColdOne (( I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Trump should get a Russian Wolfhound for first pet in WH.)
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To: broken_arrow1

STUPID iS AS STUPID DOES. This is like Matthew McConaughey putting his stupid face in with a bunch of shrill anti-Trumpers in the latest snowflake commercial. Dumb ass.


Boy isn’t he a Dumb ass!!! He had been silent about his political leanings, and many thought he leaned conservative...He has been added to my list—just cannot watch movies and get into their characters after then diss Trump—all I will see is him with his “Hey, Hey.”

As some of these actors are up for awards in 2017, I think they actually think they will glean more 2017 award votes by going out on their liberal limbs, but in the long run, their careers will be damaged by this.


88 posted on 01/14/2017 10:53:58 AM PST by Freedom56v2
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To: kiryandil
So, she loses both ways.

And she , and those like her, have no idea that they are letting others trample on their own civil rights by dictating how they should think and act - and getting them to apologize for it....

89 posted on 01/14/2017 10:55:45 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: MinuteGal

The American left is hysterical & hyper-ventilating since November 9th. And it is not going to stop for at least 4 more years. They just can not believe that their beloved president, soon to be out of power, was not able to push Hillary past the electoral win line.


90 posted on 01/14/2017 10:59:48 AM PST by entropy12 (Trump...first president who does not fear and kowtow to media in 100+ years..amazing!)
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To: EdnaMode

IIRC, Dumbo Ears was not exactly an unequivocal supporter of LGBT rights when he was first elected, but that didn’t stop the Hollyweird elite from gushing over him.


91 posted on 01/14/2017 11:00:33 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: EdnaMode

I guess Jenny didn’t hear about what happened to Macy’s.


92 posted on 01/14/2017 11:00:37 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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To: Theodore R.

93 posted on 01/14/2017 11:02:27 AM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: ColdOne

Never heard of her.

Me, either.


94 posted on 01/14/2017 11:02:51 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: EdnaMode

Someone remind me - I don’t remember what Trump said to offend THAT community! There are so many offenses, one can hardly keep track of them all. I’m really sorry that I didn’t realize this was such an important issue to the country! Oh! Me! Oh! My!


95 posted on 01/14/2017 11:02:52 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Aria

Don’t try to combat the narrative with reality. These people live in an alternate universe-mentally brainwashed.


96 posted on 01/14/2017 11:04:20 AM PST by greeneyes
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To: entropy12

97 posted on 01/14/2017 11:05:47 AM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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To: EdnaMode
I have a gut feeling these hasbeen singers accepted the invitation with the sole purpose of pulling out at the last minute just to humiliated PRESIDENT Trump and to get media attention kudos!! ...just like Paul A. ....If trump's team knew scripture they would've take this kind if action

Matthew 22 Parable of the Marriage Feast 22 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. 3 And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come. 4 Then he sent out some other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened calves are butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’ 5 But they paid no attention [they disregarded the invitation, treating it with contempt] and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. 6 The rest [of the invited guests] seized his servants and mistreated them [insulting and humiliating them] and killed them. 7 The king was enraged [when he heard this], and sent his soldiers and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding [feast] is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 So go to the main highways that lead out of the city, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ 10 Those servants went out into the streets and gathered together all the people they could find, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests [sitting at the banquet table].

98 posted on 01/14/2017 11:06:14 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: goodnesswins

Who?

ya ,who ?


99 posted on 01/14/2017 11:08:23 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: EdnaMode

Ms. Holliday says she “erroneously” thought she’d be performing for Americans, not for Trump. She apologized for being ignorant of the issues.

Huh. Somebody needs to school this fool. Trump is pro-American, that’s why Hillary’s Red Shirts are threatening her.


100 posted on 01/14/2017 11:13:52 AM PST by mumblypeg (Chicago called. They want their village idiot back.)
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