Not everyone was thrilled with her message.
Katy Perry says she reached out to her Trump-supporting family members following Joe Biden’s election win over the weekend.
On Sunday, the pop star took to Twitter to share what she said to her relatives who didn’t vote for President-elect Biden, encouraging her followers to do the same.
“The first thing I did when the presidency was called is text and call my family members who do not agree and tell them I love them and am here for them,” Perry tweeted. “#FamilyFirst Call your family today. Happy Sunday.”
the first thing I did when the presidency was called is text and call my family members who do not agree and tell them I love them and am here for them. #FamilyFirst. Call your family today. Happy Sunday. ♥️
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) November 8, 2020
@katyperry
However, Perry later received backlash as many people calling the singer’s tweet an example of white privilege. Some critics explained they don’t believe Trump voters should be receiving an olive branch, but should rather be extending them themselves. In addition, her detractors listed Trump actions they don’t think should be forgiven.
In one of the more popular tweets, “The Haunting of Bly Manor” and “iZombie” star Rahul Kohli wrote, “Those people voted for a man who incited violence and didn’t care whether marginalised groups lived or died. THEY should be reaching out FIRST to apologise and that’s the bare minimum before there can be any talk about love and moving forward.”
“For the record, I have no beef with Katy whatsoever,” he added. “I just don’t agree with this particular tweet. I respect her own personal experience and attitude towards unity. But her approach isn’t mine and that’s all.”
Another user wrote that Perry reaching out to her family is “exactly the kind of conversations y’all should NOT be having with your racist, bigoted family members” — while another said, “the privilege of this is off the charts. A lot of people can’t make that kind of a call because their Trump-voting family denies their basic humanity.”
A critic added, “Truth is, rich white ppl such as yourself were NEVER at risk no matter who won this election. To you, this is more a disagreement of opinions — to the rest of us, this election was a matter of life or death in many aspects. So no, I won’t be calling my family to console them.”
Read more popular responses below. Perry has yet to reply to any criticism.
Truth is, rich white ppl such as yourself were NEVER at risk no matter who won this election. To you, this is more a disagreement of opinions –to the rest of us, this election was a matter of life or death in many aspects. So no, I won’t be calling my family to console them.
— RC 🦋 (@rcohenn7) November 8, 2020
@rcohenn7
some of you are behaving like this was a mere “difference in opinion” and not real people’s lives being destroyed by fascism. very wild to witness.
This is how racism prevails because you white “liberals” want to coddle your relatives who mean the rest of the world harm. https://t.co/GA5h1pD3Tg
— machine gun Kele (@kelechnekoff) November 8, 2020
@kelechnekoff
For the record, I have no beef with Katy whatsoever. I just don’t agree with this particular tweet. I respect her own personal experience and attitude towards unity. But her approach isn’t mine and that’s all ❤️
— Rahul Kohli (@RahulKohli13) November 9, 2020
@RahulKohli13
she makes it ……… so hard ……….. https://t.co/OIMoFwq188
— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) November 9, 2020
@hunteryharris
“Yes family I forgive you for wanting to deny marginalised people human rights after all I would hate for Sunday dinner to be awkward” 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴
— OnlyZans🇯🇲 (@OnlyZans) November 8, 2020
@OnlyZans
Super good to know white supremacy isn’t a dealbreaker for you.
— LL McKinney (@ElleOnWords) November 9, 2020
@ElleOnWords
You can disagree on pizza topings and tv shows, Katy, not basic human rights and decency
— SUPERNOVA #1 STAN | DISCO ✨ out November 6th (@4pi3c3ofwork) November 8, 2020
@4pi3c3ofwork
girl just go make another song about spaghetti this is not it https://t.co/HJmZV5PYtO
— sofie halili 🥲 (@literallysofie) November 9, 2020
@literallysofie
I refuse to bow down to my oppressors. I refuse to extend an olive branch to people who don’t think I should exist.
— 𝕂𝕪𝕝𝕖 𝕆𝕣𝕕 (@TheRealKyleOrd) November 8, 2020
@TheRealKyleOrd
This is exactly the kind of conversations y’all should NOT be having with your racist, bigoted family members. We aren’t going back to the pre-2016 status quo white supremacy. Y’all need to be snatching up your family members and slapping the white supremacy out of them. https://t.co/JY1T2a0mED
— Earyn McGee, Lizard lassoer, MSc🦎 (@Afro_Herper) November 8, 2020
@Afro_Herper
Katy Perry is white and rich. She’s not losing anything by condemning her family members. On top of that, we had this conversation like 4+ years ago when she made it public that her parents voted for Trump. If you can’t even condemn white supremacy, why are you here? https://t.co/1UxBkmNxbb
— Yu-Gi-Hoe (@Nigensei) November 8, 2020
@Nigensei
The privilege of this is off the charts.
A lot of people can’t make that kind of a call because their Trump-voting family denies their basic humanity.— Laura Chapin (@LauraChapin) November 9, 2020
@LauraChapin
I wonder if celebrities and politicians know how tone deaf these sound when there’s people who literally cannot call their Trumpy family members because they don’t accept them https://t.co/ZqSBb3AaLS
— reilly (@rpfirm) November 9, 2020
@rpfirm
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