Oh Kenny G.
First, he excites pro-democracy Hongkongers by showing up in Admiralty and posing with protesters.
Then, after Beijing takes notice, he has freaks out by swearing on Twitter and Facebook that he doesnโt actually support the protests and that he loves, loves, looooooves China, and โplease donโt mistake [his] peace sign for any other sign them [sic] a sign for peaceโ.
He even deleted the photos he took at the protests!
First, he posted a statement on Facebook.
Then he posted the same thing on Twitter, tweeting eight times in twelve minutes.
It appears that in face of the slightest criticism from Beijing, Kenny G cowered in fear and immediately went into grovelling overdrive. Itโs rather pathetic.
The Twitterverse of course started mocking Kenny Gโs complete lack of nerve:
Heโs referring to Mark Zuckerbergโs recent Q&A session, which he conducted in awkward Mandarin.
We understand that Kenny G probably performs a lot of concerts in China, but he could have left it at โI wish for peaceโ and kept most of his dignity intact. (Well, whateverโs left of it anyway, after decades of having his music being played almost exclusively in elevators.)
Photo: Micah Sittig
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