Madonna Banned By Texas Radio Station Following Women’s March Speech

Madonna was one of the biggest celebrity names that spoke out to the massive crowd during the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., delivering a fiery speech that garnered a lot of attention. Understandably, not everyone shared her anti-Trump sentiments, and Tuesday, Texas radio station HITS 105 announced that it would no longer be playing the pop superstar’s music on air.

As reported by Rolling Stone, HITS 105 manager Terry Thomas decided to pull all Madonna songs from their rotation due to the 58-year-old’s “un-American sentiments.” He also clarified that the decision was not a result of partisanship, but a matter of patriotism.

“It just feels wrong for us to be playing Madonna songs and paying her royalties when the artist has shown un-American sentiments,” Thomas said in a statement. “If all radio stations playing Madonna took their lead from us, that would send a powerful economic message to Madonna.”

Madonna’s message was mostly about uniting people against what she called the “new age of tyranny,” but what caught everyone’s attention was when she said she thought about blowing up the White House. Following the backlash to that remark, Madonna issued an apology on Instagram, clarifying that she was not a violent person, that one phrase in her entire speech was taken wildly out of context and that she was merely speaking in metaphor. The post has since been deleted.

As noted by a Billboard report, apart from the Texas radio station, Madonna also received criticism from former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich, who called the pop icon part of an emerging left-fascism. Gingrich also said Madonna should be arrested.

Meanwhile, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said that instead of delivering profanity-laced speeches, Madonna should give some of her money to build women’s shelters. She also hinted that the CIA should investigate Madonna for saying she thought of blowing up the White House.

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