“This Is Peak ‘Brand Safe Allyship’ Energy”: Jack Antonoff’s Painfully Vague Response To A Question About His Anti-ICE Pin At The Grammys Is Going Viral

As I’m definite you know, the tiny pins person precocious been worn by much and much stars who are condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement pursuing the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good.

ICE agents person been approaching radical successful the streets and taking them into custody if they’re not capable to amusement impervious of their citizenship — even detaining children arsenic young arsenic 5 years old.

Both Alex and Renee were fatally changeable by ICE agents conscionable weeks apart, and ongoing anti-ICE protests have erupted crossed the US arsenic a result.

While several celebrities utilized their platforms to condemn ICE astatine the Grammys, Jack seemed to conflict to find the close words erstwhile asked astir his pin during a reddish carpet interrogation with Variety.

“Can you speech to maine a small spot astir the pin that you’re wearing tonight?” a newsman asked, prompting Jack to look down astatine the pin, scoff, and say, “I mean…” earlier trailing off.

The newsman past questioned, “Why is that important?” to which Jack said, “It’s, it’s terrible, you know. I mean, it’s clip to… It’s just… For each crushed you could imagine, I would think.”

“But, um, yeah,” helium continued, looking to the broadside and shrugging earlier adding, “Bit speechless trying to adjacent speech astir it.”

The newsman said, “Absolutely. It’s hard to speech astir thing other astatine this point.” Jack replied, “We tin bash some and find a mode to… Uh... I don’t know, it’s conscionable a truly bully clip for, uh, radical to travel unneurotic and fig retired however to determination done this. Because it’s lone gonna beryllium tiny communities that tin truly help.”

Several net users person since raised their eyebrows implicit Jack’s response. “‘Let maine accidental thing truthful I don’t get called retired for not saying thing but marque definite it’s bland and harmless truthful I don’t hazard my money’ ahhh statement. Yawn,” 1 Reddit idiosyncratic said portion accusing Jack of “doing the bare minimum.”

“why adjacent deterioration the pin astatine that point! Lazy opportunist,” idiosyncratic wrote. “Yeah this is highest ‘brand harmless allyship’ energy. He’s saying conscionable capable truthful helium can’t beryllium dragged, but not capable to really hazard thing oregon determination the needle,” different added.

One X idiosyncratic quipped, “He answered this question similar helium borrowed someone’s overgarment and lone conscionable recovered retired helium was wearing the pin.”

“This is truthful performative (????) Why are you wearing the pin erstwhile you can’t adjacent signifier a condemnation connected wherefore it is important and what’s going on…” idiosyncratic said, portion different idiosyncratic wrote, “that was a hard watch.”

“this benignant of performative ‘activism’ from him is incredibly disappointing. If you don't cognize oregon attraction astir the cause, don't fuss wearing the pin. You're not helping my community,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

“Note to each celebs: bash not deterioration a pin to an lawsuit if you don’t cognize thing astir the cause,” said another, portion much people agreed that the full happening seemed “performative.”

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