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Chappell Roan Says She Turned Down White House Invite to Perform for Pride: ‘We Want Liberty’

Chappell Roan said she turned down the White House's invitation to perform for for Pride. Watch and see what she said.

Toward the end of her set on the New York City festival’s main stage, Roan stared straight into the cameras to say that she would be singing “My Kink Is Karma” — from her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess — “as a response to the White House, who asked me to perform for Pride.” The 26-year-old Missouri native’s wording was made even more fitting by the fact that she performed in full Statue of Liberty constume on Sunday, complete with head-to-toe green body paint. Earlier on in her performance, she said, “In case you have forgotten what’s etched on my pretty little toes: ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free.

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