Pink Denies Flying Israeli Flags at Her Concerts Following Hamas Attacks: 'I Am Human. I Believe in Peace'
The singer revealed she's received "many threats" because people believe she's been flying Israeli flags
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Pink performs in London in June 2023Pink has denied flying Israeli flags at her concerts and says her live show has been "mistakenly" dragged into the conversation surrounding the war between Israel and Hamas.
The pop star, 44, posted to X(formerly Twitter) on Sunday night to deny those claims in what she says is a "controversial" post.
"This post will be controversial for some. At this point, breathing is controversial. I am getting many threats because people mistakenly believe I am flying Israeli flags in my show. I am not," the "Never Gonna Not Dance Again" performer wrote on the social media platform.
She continued: "I have been using Poi flags since the beginning of this tour. These were used many, many years ago by the Māori people in New Zealand and because they and the Māori people are beautiful to me, we use them. I do not fly flags in my show in support of anything or anyone except the rainbow flag. That will remain my position.
"I am a human. I believe in peace. Equality. Love. I am deeply saddened by the state of the world. I pray for all of u," she concluded.
This post will be controversial for some. At this point, breathing is controversial. I am getting many threats because people mistakenly believe I am flying Israeli flags in my show. I am not. I have been using Poi flags since the beginning of this tour. These were used many,…
— P!nk (@Pink) October 16, 2023
According to Stuff New Zealand, Pink's dancers flying blue and white "poi" flags on long poles mirror YouTube videos of "flag poi spinning," where people wave colorful fabric tied to sticks.
P!nk’s latest social media post refers to a certain part of her Summer Carnival Tour that has been happening since June per Billboard, which was months before Hamas invaded Israel in a terror attack that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,300 people, including 260 attendees at a music festival, according to the AP.
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The Summer Carnival tour launched in Europe in early June and hit North America on July 28. In August, Pink achieved a milestone on the tour in Milwaukee, as she became the first woman to headline a stadium in the state.
“It means the world to me. It is never lost on me. We aren’t the cool kids, Thank God. We’re just gritty, magnificent humans, doing our best,” Pink wrote in a statement on Instagram at the time. “Thank you for letting me in.”
Meanwhile, Pink opened up to PEOPLE in an interview in February about her life as a rock-star mom.
"When I had kids, people said, 'Your career's going to be over. How are you going to tour?' " said the hitmaker, who is mom to daughter Willow Sage, 12, and son Jameson Moon, 6, with husband Carey Hart.
She added, "I did not know I was going to have a family. I didn't picture that for myself because I was terrified I would be a terrible mother. But, oh my God, being a mom is the most incredible thing I've ever done. It's shocking how responsible I've become."
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