Pat Benatar refusing to sing most popular song in wake of mass shootings
wonderwall.comUSA Today. "And I'm like, I'm sorry, in deference to the victims of the families of these mass shootings, I'm not singing it."Although the song doesn't encourage gunplay, the 69-year-old said, "You have to draw the line."An unapologetic Pat said fans can "go home and listen to [the song]" if they really want to hear it. "I can't say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can't.
I'm not going to go on stage and soapbox — I go to my legislators," she said. "That's my small contribution to protesting. I'm not going to sing it.
Tough."Pat will continue to perform other hit songs, including "Love Is A Battlefield" and "We Belong."The refusal to perform the song follows horrific mass shooting incidents in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas and Highland Park, Illinois, among others.According to Gun Violence Archive, there have already been 357 mass shootings in the United States in 2022.Lisa Kudrow's son, Julian Murray Stern, was just a tot when "Friends" ended, so he never got to experience the sitcom when it ruled the airwaves.
However, he recently watched the show and came away with an interesting conclusion."He was five when we were finished [filming]… but he did start watching when his friends at school started watching," she said on "Late Night With Seth Meyers." "He watched it and he was impressed.
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