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16.03.2023 - 16:41 / etcanada.com
The topless protester that stormed the stage while Avril Lavigne presented an award at the 2023 Junos on Monday is speaking out.
Vancouver resident Casey Hatherly, 37, insisted she crashed Lavigne’s appearance during the ceremony, that was held at Edmonton’s Rogers Place, to raise awareness of environmental issues.
The activist, who goes by the first name Ever, spoke to reporters outside an Edmonton courtroom on Wednesday after a brief stint in jail at the Edmonton Remand Centre.
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“I low-key, in my heart of hearts, hoped that she would be like ‘punk rock, girl power,’ give me the mic or something. But I don’t think it could have gone any better,” Hatherly said, according to the Edmonton Journal.
“(It was) like, ‘Oh my God, is she actually going to give me the mic? Oh no, no, she just wants to call me a b***h,’” she added of Lavigne’s reaction.
The Canadian hitmaker told the protester, who is part of a group called On To Ottawa, at the time, “Get the f**k off, get the f**k off, b***ch.”
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Hatherly had the phrases “Save the Greenbelt” and “Land Back” written on her body, with her wanting to draw attention to issues including oil pipelines, the logging of old growth forests, and development in the Ontario greenbelt.
“More people are going to click on ‘topless protester’ than they will environmental activist,” Hatherly insisted of her efforts to raise awareness.
Hatherly has been charged with obstruction, which is a type of mischief charge. She’s set to head back to court April 5.
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The 2023 Juno Awards, Canada’s long-running annual music awards show, saw a protestor take the stage as Avril Lavigne introduced a performer. The individual, an environmental activist, was topless and had the phrases “SAVE THE GREEN BELT” and “STOP LOGGING OLD GROWTH NOW” written on their body, references to the Ontario government’s plan to build developments on thousands of acres of the province’s protected green space and British Columbia's timber industry.
Avril Lavigne had choice words for a topless protester who crashed the stage while she was speaking at the 52nd Annual Juno Edwards Monday night. The 38-year-old hitmaker was introducing Canadian-Punjabi singer AP Dhillon's performance when a topless woman in pink sweatpants and a matching headscarf unexpectedly walked on stage at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada. The woman's breasts were covered with heart-shaped pasties, and she had messages including "save the green belt," "stop logging old growth now" and "land back" written on her arms and back.
Karen Bliss Canada’s Juno Awards broadcast didn’t need the Weeknd in the house for a little excitement at Edmonton’s Rogers Place Monday night (March 13). Albertans were already pumped with pride for the induction of their hometown rock stars, Nickelback, later in the show and a night-capping medley by the band, who hail from the tiny town of Hanna. But the 12,000 people in attendance got an unexpected eyeful when a topless protestor managed to get on the stage as Avril Lavigne was introducing top-selling Punjabi performer AP Dhillon. The camera operators did pull back to a wide shot for those watching at home, but there was no time to bleep when Lavigne let off a couple of F-bombs to get the woman off the stage.
On Monday night, Avril Lavigne had herself a little What The Hell moment!
did tell a topless protestor to “get the fuck off, bitch.” So another way of looking at this is that she handled a weird moment professionally. It's, to borrow Avril's word, !Lavigne was on stage not to perform but to introduce musician AP Dhillon when a woman wearing pink pants, a pink bandana and heart-shaped nipple pasties joined her on stage.
Avril Lavigne confronted a topless protester onstage at Canada’s Juno Awards this week – see what unfolded below.During the ceremony on Monday (March 13), Lavigne was introducing a performance when a topless protestor appeared behind her.Facing away from Lavigne and the camera, the protestor’s back was emblazoned with a message. It read “save the green belt” in protest of a new housing development plan by government in Ontario, which would build houses on protected land.As CBC News report, Lavigne said to the protestor: “Get the fuck off,” later referencing the incident again when accepting the award.She said: “Now nobody try anything this time.
Avril Lavigne had a bit of a Kanye West at the 2009 VMAs moment while on stage at an awards show.The singer was part of the slew of presenters and nominees at the Juno Awards in her home country of Canada – the awards were held in Edmonton – when none other than a topless streaker interrupted her on stage.Shortly after she was awarded the TikTok Juno Fan Choice award and was giving a speech, she was cut off by a topless woman who didn't hesitate to walk up to Avril and wave her hands in the air. The singer has had some tumultuous weeks lately, following her break up from Mod Sun, which you can learn about in the video below.WATCH: Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun splitMORE: How Avril Lavigne's black gothic wedding dress was worlds apart from her first weddingDonning an oversized mini dress paired with knee-high – and sky-high – leather boots, layered with a shiny vinyl coat, the Complicated hitmaker was waving her own hands in the air, holding up her newly earned award, when the streaker upstaged her.The culprit herself was simply wearing bubblegum pink cargo pants, with nothing else, covering her chest with nipple covers.MORE: Newly single Avril Lavigne puts on show-stopping display in knee-high bootsShe appeared to be protesting climate change, and had written over her body phrases such as: "Our clock is ticking," and: "Land back," as well as: "Save the green belt," a policy used for land-use planning in the effort to protect undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land.
Karen Bliss Juno Awards host Simu Liu ended the two-hour broadcast from Edmonton’s Rogers Place on March 13 with these immortal lines: “Sorry for the boobs.” Not something one would expect to hear at a Canadian music awards show and the “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star didn’t need to apologize; they weren’t his boobs. Near the start of the show, a topless environmentalist avoided security and managed to get on stage as Avril Lavigne was introducing rapper AP Dhillon, the first Punjabi act to perform on the Junos. “I’m introducing an artist who’s blown up on the global music scene with the new wave of R&B, hip hop and pop records, fused…” she said, as the woman suddenly appeared onstage wearing only pink pants with matching durag and scribbled slogans on her back and arms.
suggesting she even flicked the protester’s breasts, which had tape covering the nipples.“Get the f–k off,” Lavigne said, adding with a laugh: “Get the f–k off, bitch.”The protester stuck out her tongue and her booty as security slowly led her off stage.Host Simu Liu praised the singer for “handling that topless lady like a champion” while telling the audience: “Sorry for the boobs.”Lavigne later joked about the confrontation when she accepted the Fan Choice Award.“Nobody try anything this time or the Canadian’s gonna come out in me and I’ll f–k a bitch up,” she said to cheers.After the show, she was asked about some of her most memorable moments from 20 years of the awards shows — saying: “That’s definitely going down as one of the highlights.”It was not immediately clear what happened to the protester, who was not identified in local reports. The messages on her back included “land back” and “save the green belt,” referring to the Ontario government’s proposal to build at least 50,000 new homes on protected land.The big winner was Toronto singer The Weeknd, winning a total of five Junos bringing his total to 22, second only to country-pop singer Anne Murray.
Avril Lavigne got hot-headed while performing in Canada on Monday night as the singer was interrupted by a topless environmental campaigner. The princess of pop-punk confronted the protester on stage at the Juno Awards.
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Avril Lavigne deals with a topless protester who rushed the stage while she was introducing a musical performance at the 2023 Juno Awards on Monday (March 13) in Edmonton, Canada.
Another Juno Awards, another show for the books.
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