Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli has become the sixth act to officially exit Donald Trump’s The Great American State Fair. Speaking with CNN, Morvan said the event partisan celebration of America’s 250 birthday has “turned into a circus” and “is not what I signed [up for].”
“I’m here to, you know, to bring people together with music,” he continued. “I’m not into politics, so you hear it first here: I’m not attending.”
Earlier in the interview, Morvan shared how the booking came about in the first place: “At first, when this idea came to me… I live in Europe. So my team in Europe received the dates, we looked at the date, OK, ‘The Great American State Fair.’ And the cherry on top was 250 years anniversary of America. I’ve learned a lot of lessons in America, hard lessons that I never forgot to this day: the difference between working hard and working harder, thinking big, thinking bigger, resilience, believe in yourself. So for me, I felt like it was a special moment, you know, a full circle moment. I was excited. And, you know, that’s what it was—a state fair. In Washington D.C., that’s all it was.”
“What happened is when I saw Young MC pull out, and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s weird. Why is he pulling out? Because does he know anything that I don’t know? What does he know that I don’t know?’ So I was a little worried there. And then, one after the next, people started to leave. But I was told by my team, who was told by another team: ‘There’s nothing, there’s no political entanglement, there’s no political alignment. It’s just a free show for the people.’ I was there to unite the people, to bring people together, to have them walk down memory lane, celebrate life. Some people that were there, that would be there, were there when my music came out, so it was a way to say, ‘Hey, I’m still here, you’re still here. Let’s have a good time together.’ That’s what it was for me.”
Morvan has become the sixth act to distance itself from the Great American State Fair, a 16-day event taking place on the National Mall organized by the Trump-backed Freedom 250. Other artists who’ve distanced themselves from the event include Morris Day and The Time, Young MC, The Commodores, Martina McBride, and Bret Michaels.
Of the acts initially announced to play, only Vanilla Ice has officially confirmed his participation, while C+C Music Factory appear to be having an internal dispute over whether they’ll take the stage. Flo Rida has yet to weigh in.
Amid the drama over the musical lineup, Donald Trump has said he’ll replace the departed acts by staging a Make America Great Rally.
Milli Vanilli‘s Fab Morvan tells CNN he will not be performing at the Freedom 250 concert: pic.twitter.com/p2ybwiWRHM
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