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Chester Bennington’s Mom Feels ‘Betrayed’ by Linkin Park Over ‘Hurtful’ Emily Armstrong Replacement


When it comes to the Linkin Park reunion, Chester Bennington's mom feels "betrayed" by the band's addition of Emily Armstrong. See what she said.

In interviews with Rolling Stone published Thursday (Sept. 19), Susan Eubanks shared that she feels “betrayed” by the entire ordeal, alleging that no one in the band told her that they had plans to reunite, much less that they were adding Dead Sara’s Emily Armstrong as its new lead singer. Instead, Eubanks says she learned of the news — which Linkin Park announced via livestream Sept. 5 with plans to release a new album, From Zero, and embark on a tour — on Google, after which she tuned in to the stream to find Armstrong singing Bennington’s part in one of the band’s songs. While some fans are happy to see the group back at it again, others took issue with the addition of Armstrong, be it her perceived inability to fill Bennington’s shoes or her past affiliations with Scientologist and convicted rapist Danny Masterson.

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