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Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams apologized after an Instagram outburst where he attacked “eating bats, selling animals in the wet market, greedy bastards” in China over the source of the coronavirus outbreak.
The 60-year-old man shared an expletive post on Instagram, lamenting how his planned performances in London had been postponed due to the health crisis.
He wrote: “Tonight was supposed to be the start of a concert performance at royalalberthall, but thanks to some fucking bats, selling animals in the wet market, virus-greedy bastards, the whole world is now on hold, not to mention the thousands who have suffered or died from this virus.
“My message to them other than” thank you very much “is to go vegan.”
While the original post remains on his Instagram page, he has added a new post, in which he apologized to anyone who has taken offense, without apologizing for his own words, and said that his intention had been to promote veganism.
“I apologize to each and every one of those who took offense at my publication yesterday. There is no excuse, I just wanted to talk about horrible animal cruelty in these wet markets as the possible source of the virus and promote veganism.
“I have love for all people and my thoughts go out to everyone who is dealing with this pandemic around the world.”
Adams combined his post with an interpretation of the song Into the Fire.
His earlier comments combined a number of theories about the origin of the coronavirus in China, namely that it came from meat sold in a wet market in Wuhan, and also that it was produced by man in a laboratory there. He sparked a huge backlash online and set a trend on Twitter; American actor and writer Cindy Chu was one of his critics, describing him as “super super racist”.
He also received high praise for him from those who find credibility in his theories, although there is no consensus on the origins of the virus, not even its base in Wuhan.
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