<p style="font-weight: 400;">Pop star Elton John announced that he was leaving Twitter, claiming that &#8220;misinformation&#8221; was going to &#8220;flourish unchecked&#8221; on the site thanks to new company policies.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“All my life I’ve tried to use music to bring people together,” John tweeted on Friday. “Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world. I’ve decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">All my life I’ve tried to use music to bring people together. Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world.<br /> <br />I’ve decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked.</p>
<p>&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1601200277276659712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">“I love your music,” Twitter CEO Elon Musk responded. “Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you’re concerned about?”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you’re concerned about?</p>
<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601275664098725891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">When a Twitter user pointed out that it was possible someone else with a leftist perspective actually wrote the verbiage in John’s tweet, Musk noted that celebrities often don’t write the posts under their name.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s true that most celebrities don’t write their own posts. More should. Way better to hear directly from them,” he replied.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s true that most celebrities don’t write their own posts. More should. Way better to hear directly from them.</p>
<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1601290351922159616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>One area Musk has changed Twitter&#8217;s misinformation policy has been related to the discussion of COVID.</p>
<p>According to an update note posted on Twitter’s <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog</a> and “<a href="https://transparency.twitter.com/en/reports/covid19.html#2021-jul-dec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transparency report</a>,” as of November 23, the platform is no longer enforcing policies it used to combat “misleading information” during the COVID pandemic. But there was no formal announcement of a policy change; news broke Tuesday when several conservative users posted screenshots of the updated policy. The policy change is the latest move in Elon Musk’s effort to reform Twitter into a “free speech” platform.</p>
<p>“Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” the note reads.</p>
<p>Conservatives shared screenshots of the updated policy Tuesday and celebrated the change by posting facts about COVID-19 that were once deemed “misinformation” by Twitter.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/tech/twitter-covid-misinformation-policy/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>, between January 2020 and September 2022, the platform suspended more than 11,000 accounts and took down more than 100,000 individual posts for violating the misinformation policy. Notable users suspended included Republican Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, journalist Alex Berenson, mRNA vaccine researcher Dr. Robert Malone, cardiologist Dr. Peter McCollough, and former San Francisco Giants player Aubrey Huff.</p>
<p>The day after Twitter announced the policy change, CEO Elon Musk announced a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-announces-blanket-amnesty-for-suspended-users" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blanket amnesty</a> for users suspended from the platform. On November 23, Musk tweeted a poll asking whether or not to unban users that had been permanently suspended. “Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?” he wrote.</p>
<p>More than three million users voted in the poll, and the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of amnesty; nearly three-quarters of voters, 72.4%, voted “yes,” while just 27.6% voted “no.”</p>
<p>“The people have spoken,” Musk wrote after the poll concluded. “Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei.”</p>
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Elton John Quits Twitter, Cites ‘Misinformation.’ Elon Musk Asks Him One Question.

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<p class="p1">After a couple was brutally attacked following an Elton John concert in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles">Los Angeles</a>, authorities arrested an individual connected to the beating.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The investigation is ongoing after a viral video was shared on social media showing the alarming occurrence that took place last week in the parking lot of the Dodger Stadium.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The couple is in their 60s and their daughter, Nicole, <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/dodger-stadium-elton-john-concert-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> to Fox11 about the attack.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;They were so excited to go have a random little date night, so they went to the Elton John concert,&#8221; Nicole said. &#8220;They had a really nice night and they wanted to beat the crowd so they left 10-15 minutes before the concert ended.”</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;They were in their car exiting Dodger Stadium and traffic got crazy out there. People were walking around all the cars, so they were in line to exit. A group of people walked around their car and they both heard this loud bang and someone had hit my dad&#8217;s mirror on his Tahoe,&#8221; Nicole said.</p>
<p class="p1">Nicole explained that her father exited the car to find out what had happened.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;He looked and he was thinking his mirror was hanging off, and he looked at the people and said, ‘Who hit my mirror,&#8217; and this group of about six people turned around,&#8221; Nicole said. &#8220;A female was like &#8216;I did,&#8217; and she was intoxicated and witnesses claim that she swung [at] my dad first and he went to block. The last thing he remembers is these three or four guys just started hitting him all at the same time.”</p>
<p class="p1">The man, identified as Jamie, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/21/couple-brutally-attacked-outside-elton-john-concert-in-la/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">told</span></a> KABC-TV, “Next thing I know, big gorilla’s coming at me. This guy was wailing on me. I fought back but I don’t think I did anything.”</p>
<p class="p1">“They got me on the ground, next thing I know I see other legs. People pummeling me. My wife came, she said she was pulling people off of me,” he added.</p>
<p class="p1">Nicole’s mother got out of the car once she saw that her husband was being beat up by a group of men.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;Her instinct was to get out and help him, and as my mom&#8217;s trying to pull men off of him, she was grabbed by the back of the head by a female in that group. Before she knew it, the gentleman in the black shirt, black backwards hat (as seen in the video), basically football tackles my mom and my mom just remembers flying and that&#8217;s it,&#8221; Nicole said.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Witnesses said that Nicole’s mom smashed her head so badly on the ground that they heard her head make impact and everyone was sure she had cracked her skull.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">“I felt like I was rammed and thrown and my head hit the pavement, and so I blacked out,” Nicole’s mother <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/arrest-made-attack-elton-john-concert-dodger-stadium-1235267278/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">told</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxH5VkW8hH0&amp;ab_channel=CBSLosAngeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">KCAL9</span></a>. She added that no one had tried to help her husband as he lay on the ground passed out.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">“My mom blacked out and when she came to, she was looking around and no one was helping them and she looked and my dad was lifeless on the floor, blacked out as well,” she said.</p>
<p class="p1">One person was helping her parents, but the man had also been recording the incident on his phone. When the assailants realized he was recording, they attacked him, as well, and broke his device.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;As social media blew up, we were contacted today [by police] so we did give our part of the story so hopefully justice can be served and the legal system doesn&#8217;t fail us but already we&#8217;re being told LAPD is saying this started from a fender bender so from the get go, the story&#8217;s already wrong,&#8221; Nicole added.</p>
<p>The man is recovering from several injuries impacting his head, ankle, back, and one of his ears. The woman was able to go home from the hospital on the night of the attack, and both victims had broken bones and brain injuries.</p>
<p>Crime in Los Angeles has been an increasing problem and was a major factor in the Los Angeles mayoral <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-karen-bass-beats-rick-caruso-in-l-a-mayoral-race-projection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">race</a>, prompting support for former Republican billionaire Rick Caruso, who was ultimately unsuccessful against Democratic Representative Karen Bass.</p>
<p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m ">“The City of Los Angeles is home to entertainment of many kinds. It is always tragic when acts of violence stain the public’s feeling of safety in attending such events,&#8221; LAPD officer Rosario Cervantes said in a statement. &#8220;The Los Angeles Police Department is committed to restoring the public’s sense [of] safety and seeking justice in this instance and always.”</p>


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Couple In Sixties Beat Up Night Of Elton John Concert In L.A.

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<p>Celebrities like Sir Elton John, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.K. Rowling</a>, TV host Piers Morgan, and many more reacted to the heartbreaking news Thursday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/queen-elizabeth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queen Elizabeth II</a> had died at her castle in Balmoral, Scotland, following reports that she was in bad health. She was 96.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elton-john">famed singer</a> was just one of many stars who took to their social media accounts to share their thoughts following the monarch&#8217;s passing. She was the longest reigning monarch in British history after recently celebrating her 70 years on the throne at the week long celebration of her Platinum Jubilee.</p>
<p>&#8220;Along with the rest of the nation, I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Her Majesty the Queen&#8217;s passing,&#8221; John tweeted. &#8220;She was an inspiring presence to be around, and led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace, decency, and a genuine caring warmth.</p>
<p>&#8220;Queen Elizabeth has been a huge part of my life from childhood to this day, and I will miss her dearly,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p>&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1567947331294691334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Some may find the outpouring of British shock and grief at this moment quaint or odd, but millions felt affection and respect for the woman who uncomplainingly filled her constitutional role for seventy years,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling">Rowling</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1567930811147603972?s=20&amp;t=pSrB30NEMsm6xrL2Fkv1kg">tweeted</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Most British people have never known another monarch, so she&#8217;s been a thread winding through all our lives,&#8221; she added. &#8220;She did her duty by the country right up until her dying hours, and became an enduring, positive symbol of Britain all over the world. She&#8217;s earned her rest. #TheQueen.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most British people have never known another monarch, so she’s been a thread winding through all our lives. She did her duty by the country right up until her dying hours, and became an enduring, positive symbol of Britain all over the world. She’s earned her rest. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheQueen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheQueen</a></p>
<p>&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1567930811147603972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Legendary English actress Helen Mirren released a statement following news of the queen&#8217;s death, <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/09/helen-mirren-reacts-to-queen-elizabeth-iis-death-she-was-the-epitome-of-nobility-1235111810/">Deadline</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m mourning along with the rest of my country, the passing of a great Queen,&#8221; Mirren shared in a statement. &#8220;I&#8217;m proud to call myself of the Elizabethan age. If there was a definition of nobility, Elizabeth Windsor embodied it.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I mourn with my country the passing of our greatest Queen.  With a heavy heart I say it is devastating the thought of England without Queen Elizabeth II <a href="https://t.co/JZYXGRz2hb">pic.twitter.com/JZYXGRz2hb</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) <a href="https://twitter.com/OzzyOsbourne/status/1567931606832398336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.” Queen Elizabeth II </p>
<p>Rest In Peace <a href="https://t.co/iWZMPKqeZc">pic.twitter.com/iWZMPKqeZc</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Melissa Rivers (@MelRivers) <a href="https://twitter.com/MelRivers/status/1567941115579617284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING NEWS: <br />RIP Her Majesty  Queen Elizabeth II, 96. The greatest Monarch in history, and the greatest of Britons. Dignified, humble, wise, stoic, and dedicated to duty &amp; service to the country she loved. Thank you for everything, Ma’am. We will be forever indebted to you. <a href="https://t.co/8PVVic4PIx">pic.twitter.com/8PVVic4PIx</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1567928903481581569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It was a privilege to have the opportunity to sing for Her Majesty <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QueenElizabeth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#QueenElizabeth</a> on several occasions.<br />It makes me deeply sorry to hear of her passing. We have lost one of the key figures of contemporary history: an extraordinary woman, a charismatic cornerstone of society. <a href="https://t.co/rfY2JrLzwv">pic.twitter.com/rfY2JrLzwv</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Andrea Bocelli (@AndreaBocelli) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndreaBocelli/status/1567952722644590592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The kind words come after Buckingham Palace announced the news Thursday that the queen had died.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.</p>
<p>The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow. <a href="https://t.co/VfxpXro22W">pic.twitter.com/VfxpXro22W</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1567928275913121792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,&#8221; a <a href="https://www.royal.uk">statement</a> shared by the royal household read. &#8220;The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-at-96">BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II Dead At 96</a></strong></p>


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‘She’s Earned Her Rest’: Celebrities React To News Of The Queen’s Death At 96

'She’s Earned Her Rest': Celebrities React To News Of The Queen's Death At 96

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/britney-spears" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Britney Spears</a> reacted Friday to the news that her collaboration with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elton-john" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elton John</a> &#8220;Hold Me Closer&#8221; soared to the number one spot in more than 30 countries, including the United States.</p>
<p>In a video the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/britney-spears">40-year-old</a> pop singer posted on <a href="https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/1563223400482426883?s=20&amp;t=aC0bs82Mx9ko2DD_TM1Mgw">Twitter</a>, where she has 55 million followers, Spears sent a message directly to the legendary singer and made it clear she was more than a bit shocked that the song they dropped just hours before, a remix of Elton&#8217;s 1971 hit &#8220;Tiny Dancer,” was rocking <a href="https://kworb.net/charts/itunes/us.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">music charts</a> across the globe.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hello Sir Elton John, we are like number one in 40 countries,&#8221; Spears shared. &#8220;Holy s***! I&#8217;m in the tub right now and I&#8217;m about to go have the best day ever. And I hope you&#8217;re well!&#8221; The clip has also gone viral after being seen 1.5 million times at the time of this publication.</p>
<p>The song sits at number one on the <a href="https://kworb.net/charts/itunes/us.html">iTunes chart</a> in the U.S., and 34 other countries, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/britney-spears-comeback-song-hold-me-closer-elton-john-rockets-no-1">Fox News</a> noted. The official video on YouTube has also gone viral with 1.7 million views and counting.</p>
<p>The 75-year-old hitmaker also reacted to the news on his social media, <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1563198155944239108?s=20&amp;t=aC0bs82Mx9ko2DD_TM1Mgw">tweeting</a> to his one million plus followers how &#8220;thrilled&#8221; he was at the response.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m thrilled with the response to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoldMeCloser?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HoldMeCloser</a> I wanted to do a fun, happy summer track so was ecstatic when <a href="https://twitter.com/britneyspears?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@britneyspears</a> agreed to be a part of it! She truly is an icon, one of the all-time great pop stars &amp; I love her dearly. I hope you all love it!<a href="https://t.co/wMbzKjvP7s">https://t.co/wMbzKjvP7s</a> <a href="https://t.co/kLUsDfGF79">pic.twitter.com/kLUsDfGF79</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1563198155944239108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled with the response to #HoldMeCloser,&#8221; the singer wrote. &#8220;I wanted to do a fun, happy summer track so was ecstatic when [Britney Spears] agreed to be a part of it! She truly is an icon, one of the all-time great pop stars &amp; I love her dearly. I hope you all love it!&#8221;</p>
<p>The official audio can be heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hLtlzkoGPk">here</a>.</p>
<p>WATCH:</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Elton John &amp; Britney Spears ‘Hold Me Closer (Official Audio)’" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8hLtlzkoGPk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>On Wednesday, the &#8220;Criminal&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-gets-stuck-on-freeway-after-running-out-of-gas-police-called-to-get-her-to-safety-report">hitmaker</a> tweeted that she was “overwhelmed” by the song’s success.</p>
<p>&#8220;Okie dokie … my first song in 6 years!&#8221; Spears tweeted. &#8220;It&#8217;s pretty damn cool that I&#8217;m singing with one of the most classic men of our time … [Elton John] I&#8217;m kinda overwhelmed… it&#8217;s a big deal to me! I&#8217;m meditating more and learning my space is valuable and precious!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Okie dokie … my first song in 6 years 🎶 !!!! It’s pretty damn cool that I’m singing with one of<br />the most classic men of our time … <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@eltonofficial</a>  🚀!!!! I’m kinda overwhelmed… it’s a big deal to me !!! I’m meditating more 🧘🏼‍♀️ and learning my space is valuable and precious !!!</p>
<p>&mdash; Britney Spears 🌹🚀 (@britneyspears) <a href="https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/1562603307968778240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Less than a year ago, the &#8220;Toxic&#8221; singer was trying to get out of her nearly 14-year conservatorship. In November, a judge ruled to terminate the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-ends-britney-spears-conservatorship">conservatorship</a> Spears had been under since 2008, controlled by her father Jamie Spears.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, the &#8220;Gimme More&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/1562603309138972672?s=20&amp;t=WQQIQCpGopFF-G4jIKntEg">hitmaker</a> announced details about her upcoming collaboration with the &#8220;Cold Heart&#8221; singer, and then deleted her Instagram, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-choose-happiness-britney-spears-deletes-instagram-after-announcing-elton-john-collab">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m learning everyday is a clean slate to try and be a better person and do what makes me happy … yes I choose happiness today,&#8221; Britney <a href="https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/1562603309138972672?s=20&amp;t=WQQIQCpGopFF-G4jIKntEg">tweeted</a>. &#8220;I tell myself every day to let go of the hurt bitterness and try to forgive myself and others to what may have been hurtful.&#8221;</p>


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‘Holy S***’: Britney Spears Reacts To Collab With Elton John Soaring To Number One Spot

Britney Spears Reacts To Collab With Elton John Soaring To Number One Spot

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/britney-spears"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Britney Spears</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> deleted her </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> account just after posting about her upcoming collaboration with </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elton-john"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elton John</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This isn’t the first time the pop star disappeared from the platform, but fans found the timing a little strange. Spears, 40, headed to Twitter to discuss her new song with the music legend and talk about her mental health.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m learning everyday is a clean slate to try and be a better person and do what makes me happy … yes I choose happiness today. I tell myself every day to let go of the hurt bitterness and try to forgive myself and others to what may have been hurtful,” she shared to Twitter.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m learning everyday is a clean slate to try and be a better person and do what makes me happy … yes I choose happiness today.  I tell myself every day to let go of the hurt bitterness and try to forgive myself and others to what may have been hurtful.</p>
<p>&mdash; Britney Spears 🌹🚀 (@britneyspears) <a href="https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/1562603309138972672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I want to be fearless like when I was younger and not be so scared and fearful. I pray there actually is truth to the Holy Spirit and I hope that spirit is with my children as well !!! Yes … I choose happiness and joy today!!!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spears also reposted the announcement about her new song with John, which is especially significant considering that it’s her first release since the end of her conservatorship last fall.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“[M]y first song in 6 years 🎶 !!!! It’s pretty damn cool that I’m singing with one of the most classic men of our time … @eltonofficial!!!!” she wrote. Spears also said she has been “meditating more” and “learning [her] space is valuable and precious.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The singer’s Instagram has become controversial recently, especially since the “Slave 4 U” singer kept posting nude photos of herself to the platform. Some fans questioned why Spears kept sharing those types of images while others applauded her choices.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every other time Spears deleted her account, she was back in a couple of days. The singer did not indicate whether her break from Instagram was permanent or not.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pop star recently made headlines because of drama with her ex-husband, Keven Federline, who accused Spears of driving away the couple’s two teenage sons. He alluded to the fact that she did this in part by posting racy photos to social media.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This whole thing has been hard to watch, harder to live through, harder to watch my boys go through than anything else,” Federline said in part, as The Daily Wire originally </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-ex-husband-kevin-federline-breaks-silence-about-childrens-relationship-with-her-report"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “It’s been tough. It’s the most challenging thing I’ve ever had to do in my life.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I try to explain to [the boys], ‘Look, maybe that’s just another way she tries to express herself,’” he continued. “But that doesn’t take away from the fact of what it does to them. It’s tough. I can’t imagine how it feels to be a teenager having to go to high school.”</span></p>


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‘I Choose Happiness’: Britney Spears Deletes Instagram After Announcing Elton John Collab

'I Choose Happiness': Britney Spears Deletes Instagram After Announcing Elton John Collab

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elton-john"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Elton John</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/britney-spears"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Britney Spears</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are teaming up for a duet, which represents her first single release since a judge ended her 13-year conservatorship in November 2021.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music-industry"><span style="font-weight: 400;">new track</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is called “Hold Me Closer” and will be produced by Grammy award-winning producer Andrew Watt, according to </span><a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/elton-john-britney-spears-hold-me-closer-andrew-watt-producer-1235124138/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Billboard</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. John confirmed he collaborated with Spears on Monday in an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChAf5zxj2y2/">post</a> with an image of the “Hold Me Closer” title from his 1972 classic track. The song’s release date is not yet known.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Watt has worked with big names in the music industry, including Justin Bieber, Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes, 5 Seconds of Summer, Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne, Miley Cyrus, and Dua Lipa, just to name a few.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, “Hold Me Closer” will be Spears’ first new release since her 2016 studio album “Glory.”  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">John teamed up with Dua Lipa for another similar collab in 2021 using one of his retro tracks, “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix).” The song reached number one on the adult contemporary chart and was John&#8217;s first U.K. number-one single in 16 years. It was also nominated for Song of the Year at the Brit Awards.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spears has been more publicly active following the dissolution of her conservatorship, though not all the attention has been positive. The 40-year-old pop star wed longtime partner Sam Asghari earlier this summer. Spears’ two teenage sons did not attend the nuptials. Not long after, her ex-husband Kevin Federline claimed in an interview that the boys did not want to be around their mom.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This whole thing has been hard to watch, harder to live through, harder to watch my boys go through than anything else,” Federline said of his ex-wife, per </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-responds-to-ex-husband-kevin-federlines-interview-about-their-children"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Daily Wire</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “It’s been tough. It’s the most challenging thing I’ve ever had to do in my life.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He also insinuated that Spears posting nude photos on Instagram is one major reason the teens have been avoiding their mom.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spears responded to Federline on Instagram.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It saddens me to hear that my ex husband has decided to discuss the relationship between me and my children … As we all know, raising teenage boys is never easy for anyone … It concerns me the fact that the reason is based on my Instagram … it was LONG before Instagram,” Spears wrote. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I gave them everything … Only one word: HURTFUL … I’ll say it … My mother told me ‘You should GIVE them to their dad’ … I’m sharing this because I can … Have a good day folks!!!”</span></p>


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<p>On Monday, pop icon Sir Elton John, 74, got a bone-chilling scare when his private jet suffered hydraulic failure at 10,000 feet. John’s  Bombardier BD-700 Global Express twin-engine jet, which can carry 19 passengers, had left Farnborough Airport headed for New York, where he was to perform at Madison Square Garden, and was 10,000 feet in the air near Ireland when pilots decided they had to make a U-turn due to hydraulic failure.</p>
<p>To make matters worse, winds back at Farnborough had reached 80 miles per hour, forcing the first two attempts at landing to be aborted. “Firefighters from six stations raced to the scene and the runway was cleared,” <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/17737318/elton-john-emergency-landing-private-jet/">The Sun</a> reported.</p>
<p>A witness at the airport told The Sun:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The terrible weather and epic gusts made it almost impossible to land. Two attempts to touch down failed. </em></p>
<p><em>The plane was being buffeted and couldn’t make it. The aircraft’s nose was far too vertical. The plane was descending and was halfway along the runway when it gave up trying to hit the tarmac. It soared back in the air. </em></p>
<p><em>A crowd had gathered after word went around that Elton was in difficulty. </em><em>And as the plane came around again for a second attempt to land, the storm was doing its worst. </em></p>
<p><em>The airport’s windsock was horizontal and the aircraft was being rocked from side to side by the wind. </em></p>
<p><em>The pilot made a valiant attempt to get down with the jet “crabbing” into the storm. But it didn’t make it and had to head back upwards. </em></p>
<p><em>It was only at the third attempt to land that the plane got down. The pilot made a flatter approach and the wind had dropped slightly. Everyone watching was mightily relieved.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service commented, “Firefighters from Rushmoor, Hartley Wintney, Basingstoke, Fleet, Yateley and Surrey FRS were called at 11.16 on Monday morning to an incident at Farnborough Airport. No action was taken by HIWFRS with the incident dealt with by the airport fire service.”</p>
<p>John caught a later flight and still performed in New York on Tuesday night. Tuesday afternoon he reassured his fans, “Hello New York! See you at The Garden tonight.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hello New York! See you <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGarden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheGarden</a> tonight 🚀🚀🚀<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eltonfarewelltour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eltonfarewelltour</a> <a href="https://t.co/niSQqM79Ra">pic.twitter.com/niSQqM79Ra</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/eltonofficial/status/1496212097423884289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A source told The Sun, “It was a white-knuckle ride and Elton was shaken. But he put aside any personal anguish to get back on a plane. For Elton, quite literally, the show must go on.”</p>
<p>&#8220;John resumed his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in New Orleans last month after multiple delays,” <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/elton-john-shaken-after-his-private-jet-is-forced-to-make-an-emergency-landing-3167802">NME</a> noted. “The legendary singer was due to play a run of rescheduled UK headline dates between October and December 2021, but he was forced to postpone the shows to 2023 after sustaining a hip injury during an ‘awkward’ fall.”</p>
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<p>Music icon Elton John celebrated his 15-year wedding anniversary this week with a plea for LGBT equality around the world.</p>
<p>Elton John and David Furnish entered into a civil partnership in 2005 and were officially married in 2014 when the United Kingdom legalized same-sex unions, as noted by <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elton-john-david-furnish-anniversary-instagram-posts_n_5fe24a7ec5b64e4421005fd2">HuffPo</a>. In an Instagram post, John said he and Furnish were the &#8220;lucky ones&#8221; and pledged to &#8220;fight for equality for all.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Today @davidfurnish and I are celebrating two anniversaries: 15 years of Civil Partnership and 6 years of marriage. Our relationship gets stronger every day, and I am extremely grateful for the love we share and our two beautiful sons,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>&#8220;However, we are the lucky ones, as millions of gay people throughout the world are discriminated against because of their sexuality. This is a disgrace. We all deserve to love who we want. We will continue to fight for equality for all,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p>Furnish echoed John&#8217;s call and also pledged to fight for LGBT equality through the Elton John AIDS Foundation.</p>
<p>&#8220;I can’t believe that 15 years has passed since @eltonjohn and I celebrated our Civil Partnership in Britain. What a wonderful day that was. 6 years ago, we renewed our vows and got legally married in front of our two beautiful sons. This type of civil progress was unimaginable when I was growing up,&#8221; wrote Furnish.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yet despite all this extraordinary positive change, I remind myself that it’s still illegal to be LGBT+ in 70 countries, and that you can be given the death penalty in 12 of those same countries,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Through our work with the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Elton and I pledge to continue the fight for equality for our LGBT+ brothers and sisters around the world.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Elton John has been an outspoken LGBT advocate throughout most of his career, severely criticizing those that disagree with certain aspects of the movement. In 2019, for instance, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elton-john-politicians-opposing-lgbtq-away-god-paul-bois">he suggested</a> that Christians who believe homosexual acts to be sinful are the furthest away from God.</p>
<p>Speaking to Variety’s Marc Malkin at the time, John made no distinction between people who believe homosexual acts to be sinful and people who treat members of the LGBT community with cruelty and hatred.</p>
<p>“We’re all God’s kids,” John said, implying that conservative Christians believe that he is not a child of God. “People who should know better in places of responsibility to attack gay people and transgender people . . . I think, to be honest with you, they claim to be close to God. They couldn’t be farther away from God if they tried.”</p>
<p>In the same interview, Elton John also advised LGBT youth to “leave” their homes if they are “unhappy.”</p>
<p>“Their parents don’t understand; religion gives them a hard time,” Elton John said.</p>


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