Billie Joe Armstrong Claims He’ll Renounce U.S. Citizenship After Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade: ‘F–k America’
27.06.2022 - 19:07
/ usmagazine.com
“American Idiot” no more? Billie Joe Armstrong discussed the reversal of Roe v. Wade during a London concert — and he made his strong feelings on the issue very clear.
“F–k America,” the Green Day singer, 50, said while playing a gig in the U.K. on Friday, June 24. “I’m f–king renouncing my citizenship. I’m f–king coming here.”
Armstrong, whose band was joined by Fall Out Boy and Weezer as part of the Hella Mega tour, expressed his disappointment with the United States government after the right to a safe abortion was stripped away from thousands of citizens. “There’s too much f–king stupid in the world to go back to that miserable f–king excuse for a country,” the California native declared. “Oh, I’m not kidding. You’re going to get a lot of me in the coming days.”
The Foxboro Hot Tubs performer was one of many celebrities who spoke out following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years. The landmark case protected reproductive rights across the country, but the issue will now be determined on a state-by-state basis.
“People will still get abortions,” Padma Lakshmi wrote via Twitter on Friday as protests erupted nationwide. “These procedures won’t stop just because Roe v. Wade is overturned. This will only prevent safe, legal abortions from taking place.”
The Top Chef host, 51, added: “The right to decide when to start a family or not is a choice every individual should be able to make on their terms when the time is right for them. This freedom and dignity is something we should all fight to preserve.”
Lakshmi has been a vocal advocate for years, but the court’s ruling gave some stars the chance to speak about their experiences for the first time. In a powerful TikTok video, Cheryl