Katy Perry celebrated the advent of June with an announcement that many of her fanatic followers would consider to be out of this world and her critics wish had been lost in space.
“I know so many of you are doing so much for this month, but me? I’d like to introduce the earth to the world’s first gaylien!” Perry crowed in a <a href="http://instagram.com/reel/DZDritwyxy_/">post</a> on social media.
This announcement joins the laundry list of Pride-related shoutouts that no one asked for.
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Perry&#8217;s “gaylien&#8221; wore a tangerine orange beanie and a black, white, and orange sweatshirt emblazoned with a green alien face. The person in the costume wore a mask that looked like a shriveled gray mummy with stereotypically beady alien eyes. 
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Despite rumors that the man in the alien costume was her boyfriend former Canadian Prime Minister <a href="https://people.com/katy-perry-shares-new-photos-justin-trudeau-miranda-kerr-instagram-11964886">Justin Trudeau</a>, the alien was likely just a backup dancer.
Perry proceeded to join the alien in doing a dance that appeared to be a mix of a forgotten &#8217;90s workout routine and a mating ritual from a lame bird of paradise.
In the video, the man in the alien costume jumped up into the air and proceeded to do an extended squat. He shook his legs and his butt in seizure-like contortions while swaying his hands and wrists in a circular fashion. He then feigned a melodramatic collapse on the floor, came back up to do off-brand Michael Jackson moonwalk step, then fell to the floor again.
The gaylien will reportedly be making appearances at Perry&#8217;s European summer festivals to celebrate pride.
Perry has been notorious for being supportive of gay rights, with her hit song “I Kissed a Girl” being famous for its depiction of a lesbian relationship. She has also shown an interest in space with her song “E.T.” and her widely mocked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blue-origin-sent-celebs-up-for-minutes-they-came-back-with-astronaut-egos?author=Lauren+Bair&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Blue+Origin+Sent+Celebs+Up+For+Minutes.+They+Came+Back+With+Astronaut+Egos.">Blue Origin flight</a>.
Perry&#8217;s &#8220;gaylien&#8221; also seems to ride on the wave of renewed public interest in aliens, especially after the U.S. government has released documents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-opens-secret-ufo-vault-tells-americans-to-decide-whats-real">detailing</a> UFO sightings.

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Dylan Mulvaney, the trans-identifying male influencer whose partnership brought Bud Light to its knees last year, has a new music video out called &#8220;Days of Girlhood.&#8221;
The video is based on Mulvaney&#8217;s &#8220;Days of Girlhood&#8221; social media series, which brought him into the public eye two years ago.
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According to Dylan Mulvaney and his new song, &quot;girlhood&quot; consists of: &#8211; Not being able to get out of bed &#8211; Popping prescription pills &#8211; Retail therapy &#8211; Doing the &quot;walk of shame&quot; &#8211; Not remembering who you hook up with &#8211; Overspending &#8211; Flirting for drinks &#8211; Listening to the… <a href="https://t.co/o0gT0X9riq">pic.twitter.com/o0gT0X9riq</a>
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The pop song goes through the days of the week in a &#8220;girl&#8217;s&#8221; life — on Monday she can&#8217;t get out of bed, Tuesday she picks up prescription medications, Wednesday she has retail therapy, Thursday she does the walk of shame and &#8220;didn&#8217;t even know his name,&#8221; Friday she overspends, Saturday she flirt with drinks, and Sunday she has a breakdown in the bath.
&#8220;Calling women of all ages. Girls like me gotta learn the basics,&#8221; Mulvaney sings in the nearly four-minute video.
&#8220;Boys on the dance floor, it&#8217;s time to clear. The patriarchy&#8217;s over. You can hold our beer!&#8221; Mulvaney sings in a possible reference to the Bud Light fiasco.
Bud Light&#8217;s collaboration with Mulvaney last year sparked a boycott from customers. The beer brand&#8217;s parent company may have <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/business/anheuser-busch-revenue-bud-light-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lost</a> as much as $1.4 billion in sales in the aftermath.
The backlash to the music video was immediate, with some critics saying the song promoted sexist stereotypes of women.
&#8220;Dylan Mulvaney just released a music video on how to&#8230; you guessed it&#8230; be a girl,&#8221; Jaimee Michell, founder of Gays Against Groomers, posted on X.
&#8220;Back up ladies, let a real man tell you what a woman is,&#8221; posted Libby Emmons, editor-in-chief of The Post Millennial.
&#8220;Every part of &#8216;girlhood&#8217; that Dylan Mulvaney imitates is an offensive stereotype,&#8221; posted Blaze TV host Lauren Chen. &#8220;Stupidity, promiscuity, emotional instability, materialism.&#8221;
&#8220;The craziest part of Dylan Mulvaney’s new music video is even after hormones and surgery, he still looks like a total dude. Just an unhealthy one wearing girl clothes,&#8221; posted conservative podcast host Liz Wheeler.
Mulvaney also <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4bXlSovRpn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> a video on himself on Instagram saying that the theme of his past year, his second year of &#8220;girlhood,&#8221; was &#8220;pain.&#8221;
“Two years of publicly transitioning as a woman,” he said, “or two years of being your worst nightmare, whichever way you see it. But I see it as a win.”
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Mulvaney also said that all proceeds from the music video will go to The Trevor Project, a leftist nonprofit that focuses on LGBT youth.
Also this week, Mulvaney <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/business/dylan-mulvaney-says-she-tried-to-fix-the-bud-light-boycott/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> at an event in Austin that he had tried to &#8220;fix&#8221; the Bud Light situation by pitching a “Western commercial” to the brand, where a cowboy and a trans-identifying person share a beer.
However, the company did not bite.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">Madonna</a>, age 65, fell off her chair during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/seattle">Seattle</a> concert on her &#8220;The Celebration Tour&#8221; on Sunday.
The Grammy Award-winning singer was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">performing</a> &#8220;Open Your Heart” at the Climate Pledge Arena when the incident occurred. As Madonna began singing, one of her backup dancers started dragging her chair across the stage. That’s when the male dancer tripped while wearing high heels, causing the “Like a Virgin” singer to tumble off the chair onto the floor.
Videos of the fall show Madonna laughing it off. She got up and sat back down on the chair, though she was facing the opposite way. The singer can be heard saying, &#8220;Sh**, I forgot the words,” while the song kept playing in the background. This led to accusations of lip-syncing.
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NEW: 65-year-old Madonna falls out of her chair on stage during a performance at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.
Maybe having a man in high heels dragging you in a chair on stage wasn&#39;t a good idea? 
Madonna was singing &quot;Open Your Heart&quot; during the mishap. 
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When a backup dancer brought her another chair, Madonna got back to singing, and the show went on.
Though the fall was mostly the fault of the stiletto-wearing backup dancer, this incident led fans to question Madonna&#8217;s decision to keep doing such physically demanding performances at her age. 
Images of the singer dancing on a moving platform while gripping a support pole made the rounds on social media in January. While many fans argued the pole was for her safety, others believed the performance to be risky. 
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Her “Celebration Tour” had to be rescheduled following a medical incident in 2023. Madonna was hospitalized in June with what her manager called a “serious bacterial infection,” and the tour was put on hold.
“Love from family and friends is the best Medicine,” the “Material Girl” singer captioned an Instagram post <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/madonna-praises-her-kids-says-shes-lucky-to-be-alive-after-hospitalization">reflecting</a> on the incident. “One month out of the hospital and I can reflect.”
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She went on to credit her friends and family for helping her pull through.
“But when the chips were down my children really showed up for me,” she continued. “I saw a side to them I had never seen before. It made all the difference. So did the love and support from my friends.”
Madonna said she was “lucky to be alive” and thanked all her “angels who protected” her.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-are-you-so-scared-of-breasts-florence-pugh-wears-sheer-dress-calls-critics-prudes-who-need-to-grow-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florence Pugh</a> was hit in the face while promoting her movie &#8220;Dune: Part Two,&#8221; adding to a list of similar incidents against performers being struck with objects while on stage.
In <a href="https://x.com/timmostea/status/1731421008681390590?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> that surfaced over the weekend from CCXP 2023 in Brazil, the 27-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-gone-forever-actress-florence-pugh-says-doing-marvel-really-pissed-off-people-in-indie-community" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actress</a> can be seen flinching and mouthing the words that looked like &#8220;ow&#8221; while standing on stage with her fellow co-stars, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dune-part-two-star-florence-pugh-hit-face-flying-object-ccxp-1235709069/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.
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Someone threw something at Florence Pugh and hit her in the face at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CCXP23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CCXP23</a> <a href="https://t.co/aWB7J0gOyV">pic.twitter.com/aWB7J0gOyV</a>
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Pugh wipes her face and then reaches down to pick up whatever had been thrown at her. Fellow co-stars like Austin Butler and Timothée Chalamet, who were standing on either side of Pugh, can be seen in the clip reacting after she was struck.
It is unclear exactly what the item was and if the star was injured. She&#8217;s made no mention of the incident on social media.
The &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; star joins a list of celebrities like Bebe Rexha, Pink, and Harry Styles, who have been hit by objects while performing.
Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bebe-rexha-shares-photo-with-fans-after-being-hit-in-face-by-cell-phone-at-concert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bebe Rexha</a> shared a photo and an update with fans after being struck in the face by a cell phone while performing on stage in New York City and had to be rushed to the hospital, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bebe-rexha-phone-face-injury-photo-1235357307/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a> noted.
In one photo, the 33-year-old singer&#8217;s eye was purple and swollen with a cut underneath her brow line. In the next photo, she gave a thumbs-up with her eye bandaged.
Over the summer, singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harry-styles-gets-hit-again-becomes-latest-in-string-of-performers-being-struck-while-on-stage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harry Styles</a> was performing in Vienna when someone threw something at the 29-year-old pop singer.
In video that circulated online, the &#8220;What Makes You Beautiful&#8221; hitmaker is seen turning to exit the stage when he is hit in the face with an unknown object.
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Last year, Styles was struck in the eye with Skittles candy and had to spend the rest of the show rinsing his eyes with water.
The candy company later took out a full-page ad that said, &#8220;Protect the rainbow. Taste the rainbow. But please, don&#8217;t throw the rainbow.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/is-this-your-mom-pink-concert-goes-sideways-when-fan-throws-mothers-ashes-onstage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink</a> was performing at the British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park in London when someone tossed a bag of alleged cremated remains on the stage in front of her.
The 43-year-old singer walked over to where the bag landed and held it up for a closer look, at which point she turned to address the fan who had thrown it, asking, &#8220;Is this your mom?&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how I feel about this,&#8221; she added before continuing with the concert.
Others hit while on stage include <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZsGO3XVS0s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelsea Ballerini</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0J7RCXgFZc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drake</a>, and <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ava-max-attacked-stage-concert-slapped-1235358625/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ava Max</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shes-gone-forever-actress-florence-pugh-says-doing-marvel-really-pissed-off-people-in-indie-community" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;She&#8217;s Gone Forever&#8217;: Actress Florence Pugh Says Doing Marvel Really &#8216;Pissed Off&#8217; People In Indie Community</a>

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Pop star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sabrina Carpenter</a> drew criticism earlier this month with the release of her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">music video</a> for “Feather.” The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pop-music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a>, which includes provocative dancing, skimpy outfits, and death-related imagery including fake blood, was filmed inside Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholic-church" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic church</a> in Brooklyn.
Since the resulting scandal ensued, the priest responsible for allowing Carpenter and her team to film inside his church has been relieved of administrative duties, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/priest-relieved-of-admin-duties-after-allowing-sabrina-carpenter-to-film-provocative-music-video-in-church" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Msgr. Jamie J. Gigantiello apologized to the bishop, the Diocese, and parishioners for the “shameful representation” in the video, saying he “whole-heartedly” renounced it.
Now the 24-year-old singer, who has been on tour with Taylor Swift for several months, shared a few thoughts about the controversy. “We got approval in advance,” Carpenter told <a href="https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sabrina-carpenter-touring-taylor-swift-nonsense-catholic-church-controversy-1235811476/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety</a> about the video shoot in an interview published Wednesday. She also made a reference to her last name, telling the outlet, “And Jesus was a carpenter.”
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn has taken the situation very seriously. They shared a statement with the Catholic News Agency, <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255900/brooklyn-bishop-appalled-over-music-video-shot-in-catholic-church-will-investigate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that said</a>, “The parish did not follow diocesan policy regarding the filming on Church property, which includes a review of the scenes and script.”
Following the music video’s release, the bishop celebrated a Mass of Reparation at the church to “[restore] the sanctity” and “[repair] the harm.”
The music video for the song “Feather” included scenes shot both inside and outside the church. Carpenter is seen dancing in a skimpy outfit amid decorations on top of and around the altar. These include items like cloths, candles, small statutes, a coffin, and a vase with a dark liquid that says “RIP.” 
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In the video, several men are seen fighting over the singer and eventually kill each other. Their coffins become part of the props.
Gigantiello told the New York Times that the video was “not what was initially presented” to him after he approved the filming. He said he allowed Carpenter’s team to use the church in an “effort to further strengthen the bonds between the young creative artists who make up a large part of this community.”

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Singer Tiffany Darwish said she&#8217;s &#8220;never looked back&#8221; at her decision to leave California for a home in Tennessee nearly twenty years ago, saying that the move gave her the freedom to &#8220;just be&#8221; herself.
The 52-year-old singer, who was known to fans as simply &#8220;Tiffany,&#8221; spoke to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/80s-pop-star-tiffany-posing-playboy-leaving-california-tennessee-never-looked-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> about living outside the &#8220;big city&#8221; of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hollywood-is-not-america-why-so-many-celebrities-are-leaving-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> and moving to a home in a &#8220;rural small town&#8221; outside of Nashville.
&#8220;I came to Nashville for the first time when I was 10,&#8221; Darwish said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been coming back ever since. I love being out in the country – I&#8217;m a country girl at heart.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve toured all over the world and this place has always been home for me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;There&#8217;s just something about coming home to my little ranch … I&#8217;ve never looked back. Big cities are everywhere, but it&#8217;s that slow pace of life that I&#8217;ve been wanting for a long time.&#8221;
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&#8220;Home is about six and a half acres of just greenery and trees on a private road,&#8221; the singer continued. &#8220;That suits me. I work really hard when I&#8217;m on the road, but when I come back, I love to plant flowers, read books and just regroup … There are times when I go to LA and say, &#8216;I love the beach, I miss this.&#8217; But give it three or four hours of traffic and that&#8217;s over.&#8221;
The singer-songwriter said that when she lived in California she was &#8220;miserable&#8221; and leaving the state helped her be more &#8220;grounded.&#8221;
&#8220;So I&#8217;ve been pursuing music from a very early age,&#8221; Darwish told the outlet. &#8220;My dream was to be in front of a band. But I didn&#8217;t know what touring meant, what it meant to film music videos and all of that.&#8221;
&#8220;And then, it just happened very quickly,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It was an adventure … But I think it&#8217;s also the reason why I sought to have a home life and turn off fame. I wanted to be grounded. I just wanted to be a person.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m always on the go, but it also felt really good to just have time off and be away from the city for a bit,&#8221; Tiffany continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m very family-oriented. I moved my sisters here from California. Slowly, I&#8217;ve been recruiting everybody to be here. And I can just be me here. I think I needed that.&#8221;
And when asked if she ever gets tired of singing one of her biggest hits, a cover of Tommy James &amp; the Shondells&#8217; &#8220;I Think We’re Alone Now&#8221; from 1987, she said no — because it &#8220;gives people joy.&#8221;
&#8220;People still jam out to it, and it gives people memories of good times,&#8221; the singer said. &#8220;I&#8217;m very grateful to have that song in my life.&#8221;

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/travis-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> on Wednesday appeared to reveal a nickname he has for pop star girlfriend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-film-holds-no-1-spot-at-box-office-surges-well-past-100-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift.</a>
During Kelce&#8217;s weekly podcast &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YfZkq4fiqs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Heights</a>&#8221; with his brother, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, Travis was asked about Swift &#8220;liking&#8221; a Chiefs&#8217; Instagram post about his latest career accomplishment of becoming the fastest tight end to amass 11,000 receiving yards.
&#8220;Thanks, Tay,&#8221; Kelce replied. &#8220;I appreciate you on the Chiefs page supporting.&#8221;
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When pressed further by his brother whether the superstar singer &#8220;has always been a fan of tight end receiving yards,&#8221; Travis replied with a smile and said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if she&#8217;s a tight end fan or not. I&#8217;ll have to ask her.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-reacts-to-hearing-taylor-swift-change-lyrics-about-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KC tight end</a> recently spilled the details about his romance with the 33-year-old singer and acknowledged that it didn&#8217;t all start with a friendship bracelet, or that first Chiefs football game <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-spotted-leaving-chiefs-game-with-travis-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Swift</a> attended in September.
In the cover story for the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/style/travis-kelce-chiefs-taylor-swift-relationship-413ce0d7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal magazine</a>, Kelce said while it&#8217;s true he failed to meet Swift when she was performing at Arrowhead Stadium in July, they did end up getting introduced to each other soon after.
&#8220;There were definitely people she [Swift] knew that knew who I was, in her corner [who said]: Yo! Did you know he was coming? I had somebody playing Cupid,&#8221; Kelce said.
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&#8220;[The Cupid] told me exactly what was going on and how I got lucky enough to get [Swift] to reach out,&#8221; he added, noting about looking down at his phone and getting what the outlet called &#8220;the shock of a lifetime.&#8221;
&#8220;She&#8217;ll probably hate me for saying this, but … when [Swift] came to Arrowhead, they gave her the big locker room as a dressing room, and her little cousins were taking pictures … in front of my locker,&#8221; Kelce continued.
In the same interview, the Chiefs player said that he and Swift have compatible views, especially when it comes to family and work.
&#8220;Everybody knows I&#8217;m a family guy,&#8221; Kelce said. &#8220;Her team is her family. Her family does a lot of stuff in terms of the tour, the marketing, being around, so I think she has a lot of those values as well, which is right up my alley.&#8221;
Swift officially completed the 2023 leg of her &#8220;The Eras Tour&#8221; after her show in Brazil on Sunday. The &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; hitmaker is now on hiatus until February when the tour picks up in Japan.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-spills-details-about-taylor-swift-relationship-and-when-it-really-began" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce Spills Details About Taylor Swift Relationship And When It Really Began</a>

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A Catholic priest has been relieved of his administrative duties after allowing pop star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-star-sabrina-carpenter-cancels-concert-due-to-credible-security-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sabrina Carpenter</a> to film her provocative music video for &#8220;Feather&#8221; inside a 160-year-old church in Brooklyn.
In a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=743576697797239&amp;set=pb.100064347473050.-2207520000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation in Williamsburg, which was posted on Facebook, pastor Msgr. Jamie J. Gigantiello apologized to the Bishop, the Diocese, and parishioners for the &#8220;shameful representation&#8221; in the video which he said he &#8220;whole-heartedly&#8221; renounced.
The priest also revealed that the bishop had relieved him of his administrative duties overseeing the church and that his 15 years at the church as Vicar for Development of the Diocese had concluded on Nov. 3, 2023.
Gigantiello told the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/nyregion/sabrina-carpenter-brooklyn-church-video.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> that the video was &#8220;not what was initially presented&#8221; to him after he approved the filming in what he said was an &#8220;effort to further strengthen the bonds between the young creative artists who make up a large part of this community.&#8221;
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In the video, the 24-year-old singer and former Disney star sings about ex-lovers while dancing provocatively on the altar of the historic church, parading down the communion aisle while wearing a short black dress and black veil, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brooklyn-bishop-appalled-pop-stars-provocative-music-video-was-filmed-inside-church" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The altar contained pastel pink and blue coffins bearing crosses, candles, garlands, small angel statues, and a vase with an RIP sign holding dark red liquid. One of the coffins reads &#8220;RIP b***h.&#8221; One of the angel statues reads, &#8220;Good Girls Go 2 Heaven.&#8221; A neon cross is lit up under the church&#8217;s crucifix.
Other parts of the music video show Carpenter killing a man who took a picture up her skirt, as well as men killing each other as they apparently fight over Carpenter.
After the music video came out, the Brooklyn Diocese said in a November 2 statement that Bishop Robert Brennan &#8220;is appalled at what was filmed at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn,&#8221; <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255900/brooklyn-bishop-appalled-over-music-video-shot-in-catholic-church-will-investigate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic News Agency</a> reported.
&#8220;The parish did not follow diocesan policy regarding the filming on Church property, which includes a review of the scenes and script,&#8221; the diocese added.
The diocese also said the parish claimed the music video production company &#8220;failed to accurately represent the video content.&#8221;
Catholic churches usually house consecrated communion hosts, which the Catholic Church holds are the real material presence of Jesus, in a tabernacle on the altar. In the letter posted on FB, Gigantiello also assured the parish that he had removed the blessed sacrament from the church the day before the filming of the provocative music video.

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Priest Relieved Of Admin Duties After Allowing Sabrina Carpenter To Film Provacative Music Video In Church

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Taylor Swift is arguably the most famous pop star in the world right now. But is she also a witch?
She’s currently riding the wave of her massively popular, eternally sold out Eras Tour all the way to the bank. Industry insiders estimate the worldwide sensation will make the 33-year-old singer a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-taylor-swift-net-worth-billionaire/#:~:text=The%20success%20of%20the%20Eras,to%20a%20Bloomberg%20News%20analysis." target="_blank" rel="noopener">billionaire</a>. 
There’s no denying that the “Karma” composer, who’s been releasing albums since 2006 and writing songs since the age of 14, is at the absolute top of her game right now. Swift’s success and massive influence is so extreme that some followers have accused her of using witchcraft to reach those levels of fame, with some referring to Swift’s devotees as her “coven.” The rumors are so pervasive that the singer herself addressed them in a social media post.
So what’s up with Taylor Swift? Why do so many people believe she’s achieving mega success through occult practices?
First, it’s important to clarify that the Pennsylvania-born singer has never expressly encouraged witchcraft or other occult practices to her hundreds of millions of followers. While Swift is notoriously private about most facets of her personal life, she did identify as a Christian in the 2018 documentary “Miss Americana.” The conversation was spurred by Swift coming out as politically progressive for the first time. 
“I can&#8217;t see another commercial and see Marsha Blackburn disguising these policies behind the words &#8216;Tennessee Christian values.&#8217; Those aren&#8217;t &#8216;Tennessee Christian values.&#8217; I live in Tennessee. I&#8217;m a Christian. That&#8217;s not what we stand for,&#8221; the singer <a href="https://www.distractify.com/p/taylor-swift-religion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time. Prior to this revelation, she’d been criticized for years for remaining politically neutral in public. That all changed following Donald Trump’s presidency and the implementation of conservative policies she disagreed with.
For example, Swift is also explicitly pro-choice, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/23/taylor-swift-trump-thinks-his-presidency-autocracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling</a> abortion bans in her home state “shocking and awful.”
Other than that comment, Swift has never publicly discussed her religious views and if she practices any form of worship. 
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She did, however, acknowledge the ongoing accusations of witchcraft in a post she shared on both X and Instagram on November 14.
The video clip showed Swift performing the song “Labyrinth” from her 2022 album, Midnights. The video showed how right at the point that Swift sang the lyric, “I thought the plane was going down / How’d you turn it right around,” an airplane could be seen flying over the concert venue.
“Never beating the sorcery allegations,” Swift joked in the caption. 
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Never beating the sorcery allegations ✨🛬✨ <a href="https://t.co/d0mlvF4gZW">pic.twitter.com/d0mlvF4gZW</a>
&mdash; Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1724194933739753579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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This little dig likely refers to so many other similar events that have taken place at Swift’s shows. Taken apart, they may have been seen as coincidences, but since the timing always lines up so perfectly, it’s led some of Swift’s followers to accuse her of projecting some kind of otherworldly influence.
For example, earlier this year, a bolt of lightning struck above the venue just as Taylor sang the lyrics: “I’d dance in a storm / In my best dress” from her 2008 song “Fearless.” There was also literal lightning while Swift performed the 10-minute version of the song “All Too Well.” Right when the superstar sang the line, “F*** the patriarchy,” a bolt of lightning <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@worrysha_/video/7230952407436414210" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flashed</a> across the sky.
Besides storms, there have been other coincidences at Swift’s concerts. On one occasion, fireworks went off in the distance during the instrumental part of the song “Enchanted.” In April, the Florida sky turned pink just in time for the performer to sing the romance-themed song, “Lover.”
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taylor finally got her lover songs at sunset like she wanted and it is stunning <a href="https://t.co/Tve4e5YCvF">pic.twitter.com/Tve4e5YCvF</a>
&mdash; laura🤍 london n6/n7 (@folklorefairies) <a href="https://twitter.com/folklorefairies/status/1647213972062388225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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During the Mexican leg of the Eras tour in August, rain started pouring on Swift as she performed “Midnight Rain” for the cheering crowd. 
It’s not just coincidences leading fans to speculations about witchcraft. Swift’s Eras tour, which kicked off in March 2023, faced some criticism in the beginning as the entire performance for the song “Willow” was rife with occult visuals. 
During the song, Swift and a group of dancers don long cloaks and carry glowing orange orbs as they move around the stage in a deliberately ritualistic manner. One TikTok video questioning that portion of the show went viral, with the content creator <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tailahofficial/video/7217629404980055338?embed_source=121355058%2C121351166%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_name&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.buzzfeednews.com%2Farticle%2Fstephaniesoteriou%2Ftaylor-swift-witchcraft-eras-tour-coincidences&amp;referer_video_id=7217629404980055338" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “This is Taylor Swift&#8217;s song &#8216;Willow&#8217; where she is a witch during rituals. The first video you saw was taken by a fan the other night at the concert, and he says, &#8216;Yes, summon the demons, b*tch!’”
Swift herself commented on the original video, suggesting that “summon the demons, b*tch” could replace the current crowd chant, “1, 2, 3, let’s go b*tch,” which many fans already say at her shows. She added several laughing-crying emojis, indicating she believed it was all a big joke.
Other videos of movie audiences screening the movie version of the singer’s concert, “Taylor Swift: The Era’s Tour,” depict theater attendees dancing in circles during the “Willow” portion of the film. 
Before the Eras Tour, Swift faced negative feedback about the official music video for “Willow,” which also includes occult and ritualistic imagery. In the video, Swift goes into the woods at night with other individuals in hooded cloaks and masks. They all dance around a fire in a display that some deemed a celebration of witchcraft.
During a 2020 <a href="https://www.justjared.com/2020/12/11/taylor-swift-drops-willow-music-video-reveals-song-meaning-talks-co-star-easter-eggs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube Q&amp;A</a>, Swift said the instrumentals for the song reminded her of spell-casting, which was her reasoning for including those visuals despite them not matching up to the lyrics of the song.
“Willow is about intrigue, desire and the complexity that goes into wanting someone. I think it sounds like casting a spell to make someone fall in love with you (an oddly specific visual),” she said at the time.
The Grammy Award-winning artist mentioned witchcraft again with an <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1338718606885064705?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X post</a> about a new remix of “Willow” she shared in December 2020. 
“Witches be like ‘Sometimes I just want to listen to music while pining away/sulking/staring out a window.’ It’s me. I’m witches. Never fear, the ‘willow lonely witch remix’ is here,” she wrote in December 2020 along with a crystal ball emoji.
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Witches be like “Sometimes I just want to listen to music while pining away/sulking/staring out a window.” It’s me. I’m witches. Never fear, the “willow lonely witch remix” is here. 🔮 <a href="https://t.co/bJwRyvIOeM">https://t.co/bJwRyvIOeM</a> <a href="https://t.co/NtpYsohJds">pic.twitter.com/NtpYsohJds</a>
&mdash; Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/1338718606885064705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“Willows” isn’t the only Swift song with evil-looking imagery. In the music video for “Karma,” there’s a brief moment when the singer can be seen dancing in a devil mask while surrounded by demon-looking creatures. It’s a brief moment and doesn’t encompass the whole aesthetic of the video, but it does help add fuel to the fire of anyone looking to associate Swift with witchcraft.
Finally, some critics online who equate Swift with witchcraft reference the highly publicized phenomenon of Eras Tour concertgoers experiencing “post-concert amnesia” and not remembering attending the show.
&#8220;Thinking back on it, I don&#8217;t have any one specific memory I can recall, it&#8217;s more like an overall memory of the event,&#8221; attendee Danielle Lake-Patterson Dickson <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/taylor-swift-fans-experienced-post-concert-amnesia-luck/story?id=103839859" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> ABC News in an article published in October.
Nicole Booz related her experience to <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/30/taylor-swift-fans-claim-post-concert-amnesia-due-to-bizarre-phenomenon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a> in May, describing it as “an out-of-body experience, as though it didn’t really happen to me.”
While most fans blame this feeling on being so excited for the event that their brain can’t process it, a few social media users suggest that something more sinister could be at play.
One Christian YouTuber dove into the rumors, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1kOttmJns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explaining</a> how some fans think Swift is “casting spells that are causing memory loss” from the stage. He said while some blame the amnesia on “sensory overload,” others insist it’s more like “demonic overload.”
Ultimately, there’s not enough evidence available to call Swift a practicing witch. But as long as she keeps incorporating occult imagery into her performances, the rumors will likely persist. Especially if the “Bad Blood” composer keeps talking about it.

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The bishop of New York&#8217;s Brooklyn diocese said he is &#8220;appalled&#8221; a popular singer was allowed to film her provocative music video inside a Catholic church in Brooklyn.
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter, 24, filmed part of the music video for her hit song &#8220;Feather&#8221; inside a 160-year-old church in Brooklyn&#8217;s Williamsburg neighborhood, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church.
Bishop Robert Brennan “is appalled at what was filmed at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn,” the Brooklyn Diocese said in a November 2 statement, Catholic News Agency <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255900/brooklyn-bishop-appalled-over-music-video-shot-in-catholic-church-will-investigate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“The parish did not follow diocesan policy regarding the filming on Church property, which includes a review of the scenes and script,” the diocese said.
The diocese said the parish claimed the music video production company “failed to accurately represent the video content.”
Brennan “is taking this matter seriously and will be looking into it further,&#8221; the diocese said.
The &#8220;Feather&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLbn61Z4LDI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">music video</a> was uploaded to YouTube on Halloween and has racked up about 2.9 million views as of Friday.
The video shows Carpenter singing about ex-lovers while dancing provocatively on the altar of the historic church as well as down the communion aisle wearing a short black costume and black veil. At several points, she folds her hands as if praying.
The altar was decked out with pastel pink and blue coffins bearing crosses, candles, garlands, small angel statues, and a vase with an RIP sign holding dark red liquid. One of the coffins reads &#8220;RIP bitch.&#8221; One of the angel statues reads, &#8220;Good Girls Go 2 Heaven.&#8221; A neon cross is lit up under the church&#8217;s crucifix.
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Other parts of the music video show Carpenter killing a man who took a picture up her skirt, as well as men killing each other as they fight over Carpenter.
The music video was directed by Mia Barnes. Neither the director nor the parish has commented on the bishop&#8217;s reaction so far. The parish was founded in 1863 and is home to many of Brooklyn&#8217;s Lithuanian Catholics, <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255900/brooklyn-bishop-appalled-over-music-video-shot-in-catholic-church-will-investigate">according</a> to CNA.
Catholic churches usually house consecrated communion hosts, which the Catholic Church holds are the real material presence of Jesus, in a tabernacle on the altar. A red sanctuary candle is lit in the church when consecrated hosts are present.
It is not clear whether consecrated hosts were present on the altar at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church while Carpenter&#8217;s music video was being filmed.

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You remember Miley Cyrus. She&#8217;s the one who came in like a wrecking ball, naked, and also partied in the USA. She also buys herself flowers.
Cyrus has a new song out right now called “Used to Be Young.” The entire song is Miley Cyrus complaining about all of the things she has spent her entire life promoting and doing which were very bad for her — and have now left her single and alone at the age of 30.
What&#8217;s amazing about this is the song was written by the same songwriting duo who created “Flowers,” a song about how she went through a breakup and can now buy herself flowers. She sang, “I can love me better than you can.”
As I said when I first saw the video, she looks like a sad person — literally a person alone, by herself running around an empty city in what felt like an emotional, post-apocalyptic hellscape.  
In the new song, she says that out loud. She&#8217;s wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt to signify a time when she was on Disney’s “Hannah Montana” at the age of 13. She&#8217;s wearing a red dress and crying into the camera for roughly three minutes about how she&#8217;s made all these mistakes and doesn&#8217;t have a lot to show for it.
I don&#8217;t understand how a person can make the songs “Flowers” and “Used To Be Young” in the same year. Perhaps they are related to one another. Perhaps the way to avoid regrets of the past is to live a fulfilling and purpose-driven present.
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When you spread the message that “You are enough for you; live your life, single ladies, you don&#8217;t need a husband; you don&#8217;t need kids; you don&#8217;t need meaning; you don&#8217;t need purpose, you don&#8217;t need church; you don&#8217;t need a community, you don&#8217;t need any of those things, it&#8217;s just you, Girl Boss,” and then you turn out like this — perhaps those two messages are related.
The entire message of the new song is, “I know I used to be crazy. That&#8217;s because I used to be young.” The contrapositive is that she&#8217;s not crazy anymore because she&#8217;s not young anymore. And maybe it&#8217;s time to grow up. The song is being interpreted by some in the media as an anthem to “I don&#8217;t regret my past.”
Except for this: She&#8217;s crying during the entire song. The entire song. She sings, “Open bars lead to broken hearts and goin’ way too far.” Yup.
If I thought this was the new Miley Cyrus and that she was actually going to embrace a purpose-driven life, I&#8217;d be a little bit more charitable. I hope she does. I hope the next thing she embraces is singing messages that people in their 20s should hear, such as: “Life is not about partying in the USA” and “You can&#8217;t buy yourself flowers.” Or this: “You should try to be a better person so you can find Mr. Right and then settle down, build an actual family structure and then do something for the world.” That would be a great message. 
I don&#8217;t trust pop music to do that, though. Pop music is the most narcissistic form of music. The messages in rap right now are full-on destructive, but pop is insanely narcissistic, just about “me and my feelings” in front of a giant mirror all the time.
She finishes the song:
<blockquote>&#8220;I know I used to be crazy 
Messed up, but, God, was it fun 
I know I used to be wild 
That&#8217;s &#8217;cause I used to be young 
Those wasted nights are not wasted 
I remember every one 
I know I used to be crazy 
That&#8217;s &#8217;cause I used to be young&#8221;</blockquote>
Here&#8217;s the thing: You shouldn&#8217;t waste more nights like that, even if what you want to say is “I&#8217;ve made mistakes in my past and that&#8217;s what made me what I am.” Be something more or you&#8217;re going to end up at 40 singing the same tune.
She’s still young. There’s no reason she can&#8217;t put together a successful life and be useful; create a purposeful, meaning-driven life, not one where she’s coming in like a wrecking ball, naked.
I hope this is the beginning of a rethinking for Miley Cyrus.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-opens-up-about-seeing-mom-for-the-first-time-in-3-years-to-make-things-right" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Britney Spears</a> took a swipe at paparazzi in her new collaboration with rapper Will.i.am, titled &#8220;Mind Your Business,&#8221; which dropped Friday night, making it her second musical release since the termination of her conservatorship in 2021.
News of the 41-year-old singer and the Black Eyed Peas frontman working together dropped on Monday when the 48-year-old rapper dropped a <a href="https://twitter.com/iamwill/status/1681071360561528832?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teaser clip</a> in a Tweet that read, &#8220;UH OH!!! You are Now rocking with Will.i.am and @britneyspears…&#8221;
The &#8220;Toxic&#8221; hitmaker opens the electronic song with a <a href="https://genius.com/William-and-britney-spears-mind-your-business-lyrics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profanity-laced chorus</a> before singing, &#8220;They follow me, follow me, follow me / Follow, follow me / Uptown, downtown / Everywhere I turn around &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Hollywood, London / Snap, snap is the sound/Paparazzi shot me/I am the economy,&#8221; according to the lyrics.
In the final verse, Spears threatens the shutterbugs to step back or else.
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Britney Spears tells paparazzi to ‘Mind Your Business’ on fiery new <a href="https://t.co/B9m8su4omz">https://t.co/B9m8su4omz</a> collaboration <a href="https://t.co/bKX0LuTkn8">https://t.co/bKX0LuTkn8</a> <a href="https://t.co/9XrYX58OYk">pic.twitter.com/9XrYX58OYk</a>
&mdash; Page Six (@PageSix) <a href="https://twitter.com/PageSix/status/1682239544366702592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If they don&#8217;t get up out my face, I&#8217;ll send the dogs out (Woof)/Five seconds and then the dogs come out (Woof)/You know what happens when the dogs come out/None of your business-ness.&#8221;
Will.i.am and Spears previously worked together on 2011&#8217;s &#8220;Big Fat Bass,&#8221; 2012&#8217;s &#8220;Scream &amp; Shout,&#8221; and 2013&#8217;s &#8220;Work B*tch,&#8221; <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/07/21/britney-spears-will-i-am-release-new-song-mind-your-business/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.
The song is the &#8220;Womanizer&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s second song since a judge terminated her conservatorship in November 2021. Her first was a collaboration with legendary singer Elton John in 2022 for a reimagined version of his 1971 hit &#8220;Tiny Dancer&#8221; called &#8220;Hold Me Closer.&#8221;
&#8220;Hold Me Closer&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/holy-s-britney-spears-reacts-to-collab-with-elton-john-soaring-to-number-one-spot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot up</a> to the number one spot on the iTunes chart in just a few hours after it was released in more than 30 countries, including the United States, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/britney-spears-comeback-song-hold-me-closer-elton-john-rockets-no-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
The official video on YouTube went viral too and currently has 15 million views and counting.
Spears made headlines recently with news that her memoir, &#8220;The Woman in Me,&#8221; is set to hit bookshelves on October 24, 2023.
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&mdash; Britney Spears 🌹🚀 (@britneyspears) <a href="https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/1678818114639925249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The pop singer&#8217;s tell-all memoir was picked up by publisher Gallery Books (an imprint of Simon &amp; Schuster), <a href="https://people.com/britney-spears-memoir-the-woman-in-me-release-date-book-cover-reveal-exclusive-7558964?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=9647376-20230711&amp;utm_campaign=ppl-breakingnews_relationship-builder&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=071123&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People Magazine</a> noted. A press release describes Spears&#8217; book as &#8220;a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.&#8221;
She later confirmed the news on social media in a video, giving fans a sneak peek of the book&#8217;s cover.
&#8220;It&#8217;s coming. My story. On my terms. At last,&#8221; the words across Spears&#8217; video read. &#8220;Are you ready?&#8221;
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