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Phoebe Bridgers Slams Ex-Grammys Head Neil Portnow for Saying Women Need to ‘Step Up’ to Win Awards: ‘I Hope You Rot in Piss’


Phoebe Bridgers had some pointed words for ex-Grammys head Neil Portnow who previously said women needed to 'step up' to win awards.

On a night when women dominated the Grammy Awards, Bridgers took the opportunity to revisit some of Portnow’s controversial comments backstage at the 66th annual ceremony. Women including Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, SZA, Victoria Monét, Karol G and more took home several awards during the televised show. “The ex-president of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow, said that if women want to be nominated in the Grammys, that they should step up… so and to him I’d like to say: I know you’re not dead yet, but when you are, I hope you rot in piss.”

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