‘Bat-eating b******s’: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams faces backlash over ‘racist’ coronavirus rant
- Singer apologises after urging Chinese people to ‘go vegan’ while complaining on Twitter and Instagram about gigs being cancelled due to pandemic
- Comments come amid rise in anti-Asian racism and attacks
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams apologised on Tuesday after facing accusations of anti-Chinese racism over his online rant about the pandemic forcing the cancellation of his London shows this week.
The Cuts Like a Knife singer issued a statement offering “apologies to any and all that took offence to my posting yesterday,” adding: “I have love for all people.”
Adams had said in earlier expletive-laced Twitter and Instagram posts that his gigs at the Royal Albert Hall were nixed thanks to “bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy b******s”.
He went on to say that “the whole world is now on hold, not to mention the thousands that have suffered or died from this virus,” admonishing the Chinese to “go vegan”.
Born in Kingston, Ontario, Adams currently lives in London and is a vegan.