Beyonce and Nelly Furtado have stepped forward, held their hands up and said “Ah. Didn’t really know we were playing gigs for the family of despotic leader Gaddafi and getting paid with blood money. Soz.”
And as such, the pair have given their pay cheques to charity, thereby, restoring a trace of belief in the world of pop. See? They are not all greedy, self-serving shits are they?
However, there’s still a few popsters who have failed to come forward and talk about the pennies they’ve earned from playing gigs for Colonel Gaddafi. Some are eerily quiet about the whole thing. However, Mariah Carey, who has thus far been silent has finally opened her mouth and… well… being more vague than a politician.
Carey played a gig on New Year’s Eve a few years back for the family of Muammar Gaddafi. She too, presumably didn’t notice the piles of cadavers that her car drove over to get to the gig and clearly missed the look of horror and fear in the eyes of the minions who delivered her rose scented Brandy to gargle on before hitting horribly high notes.
But now someone has told her about how grim the whole situation is and of course, she feels pretty bad about it all.
She says:
“I feel horrible and embarrassed to have participated in this mess.”
“I was naive and unaware of who I was booked to perform for. Going forward, this is a lesson for all artists to learn from”
“We need to be more aware and take more responsibility regardless of who books our shows. Ultimately, we as artists are to be held accountable.”
That’s nice. What about the money you earned from the show? Nelly Furtado and Beyonce have given the money to good causes… you’ll be doing the same, right?
Apparently, she’s going to give the cash from her new single, Save the Day, to a charity that promotes human rights.
Her publicist adds:
“Mariah has and continues to donate her time, money and countless hours of personal service to many organisations both here and abroad”
One overseas organisation being ‘Colonel Gaddafi’.
While this looks frightfully embarrassing for Mariah, at least she’s had the nerve to stick out her large neck while Usher, Timbaland and 50 Cent are still sticking their fingers in their ears and hoping it all goes away.
Maybe, just maybe, they’re planning on doing a gig with Robert Mugabe first before aligning themselves with blood-stained nutters before wanting to talk about it all.
*shrug*
Follow hecklerspray on Twitter or join our Facebook group or BUY ONE OF OUR STUPID T-SHIRTS!
Mariah Carey says
We need to be more aware and take more responsibility regardless of who books our shows. Ultimately, we as artists are to be held accountable. All I know is I just want one day off when I can go swimming and look at rainbows and like eat ice cream. And maybe like learn how to ride a bicycle.
[Genuine Mariah Carey quotes – far funnier than any parody]
Dickson Jesuorobo says
The stories I have read about these singers are very hypocritical. Why are they the scapegoats? Our govt (US) did business with Gaddafi (We still have an Embassy there). Our companies made millions doing business with the “satan”. Why are we not asking all of them to returnn their profits? These just happen to be people we can pick on. If I was to be one of them, I would categorically refuse to return any of the money earned. Our companies are still there making money even after seeeing the carnage. When these artists took the money, at least there were no open killings.