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  • 2017-02-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Was Katy Perry Taken from the Grammys in Handcuffs? (en)
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  • A spoof news site used singer Katy Perry's 12 February 2017 appearance at the Grammy Awards as the basis for a satirical story holding that the singer had been taken into custody after making threatening remarks about President Trump: While Perry did sing on the program, there have been no reports she threatened President Donald Trump afterwards. The disclaimer for the site that originated this report notes that the site's content is satirical in nature: However, Perry's performance of Chained to the Rhythm was not without political elements. She confirmed that she wore an armband reading PERSIST, a possible allusion to the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) by Senate Republicans on 7 February 2017. Supporters of Warren adopted the word and the phrase Nevertheless, she persisted following Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) explanation for stopping Warren from criticizing Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL): Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards tweeted following Perry's appearance to say: I spy a Planned Parenthood lapel pin onstage. (We have contacted both Richards and the singer seeking confirmation of that statement.) Perry closed her song standing alongside singer Skip Marley in front of a display depicting the preamble to the Constitution, with the opening phrase (We the People) visible above her, as seen below: (en)
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