Mel C has pulled out of a New Yr’s Eve gig in Poland, citing “points that don’t align with communities I assist”.
The previous Spice Woman was meant to carry out for the Polish state broadcaster as a particular visitor, however advised followers on social media that she would now not make the journey to the Japanese European nation.
“In gentle of some points which were delivered to my consideration, that don’t align with the communities I assist, I’m afraid I’ll now not be capable to carry out in Poland as deliberate on New Yr’s Eve,” she mentioned. “I hope to be again there very quickly.”
— Mel C / Melanie C (@MelanieCmusic) December 26, 2022
The singer, whose actual identify is Melanie Chisholm, didn’t elaborate on what these points had been, but it surely has been speculated that they relate to mistreatment of LGBTQ+ peoples in Poland. Chisholm is extensively recognized for her allyship to the queer group, and had beforehand mentioned that for that cause, she “wouldn’t be comfy” performing on the current Qatar World Cup on the premise of the nation’s poor document on LGBTQ+ rights.
Poland has an identical stance in relation to the queer group, having just lately been discovered to have the worst protections for LGBTQ+ individuals within the European Union, in keeping with the Worldwide Lesbian, Homosexual, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Affiliation (through SkyNews). Identical-sex marriage just isn’t recognised within the nation, whereas some areas have enacted largely symbolic “same-sex free” zones.
Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, has additionally vowed to ban the educating of topics associated to the LGBTQ+ group in colleges, and stop same-sex {couples} from adopting kids.
Earlier this month, Mel C joined Blossoms on stage at their Brixton Academy present for a canopy of Spice Ladies’ ‘Spice Up Your Life’.
In the meantime, Spice Ladies have been rumoured to reunite at subsequent 12 months’s Glastonbury.
