Jennifer Holliday Backs Out of Trump Inauguration

LAPSE OF JUDGMENT

Updated Apr. 11, 2017 4:12PM EDT / Published Jan. 14, 2017 12:52PM EST

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Singer Jennifer Holliday has pulled out of performing at Donald Trump’s inauguration and apologized to LGBT fans over what she called a “lapse of judgment” made clear to her by a Daily Beast article. The Grammy award-winning singer released an open letter on Saturday apologizing for being “uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history and for causing such dismay and heartbreak to my fans.” “In light of the information pointed out to me via the Daily Beast article on yesterday, my only choice must now be to stand with the LGBT Community and to state unequivocally that I will not perform for the welcome concert or for any of the inauguration festivities!” she wrote.

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Jennifer Holliday Backs Out of Trump Inauguration

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