The Freedom 250 celebration is falling apart faster than anyone expected. Fab Morvan from Milli Vanilli just pulled out of the event as the dominoes keep tumbling.
The National Mall is supposed to host this massive birthday bash for America between June 25 and July 10, but the lineup keeps getting smaller by the day. Morvan told CNN exactly why he’s stepping away from the situation completely.
“I’m not into politics. I know how stories can be distorted. I was in the middle of several storms, and I know what it feels like. So I think it’s time for me to get away from the storm and keep it simple,” he explained to the network.
His team had told him there was no political alignment and that it was just a free show for regular people, but the whole thing had turned into a circus he wanted no part of anymore.
The artist exodus started way before Morvan made his decision public, though.
Young MC walked away after learning about the Trump connections to the event, and Morris Day from The Time decided to bail, too. Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and The Commodores all canceled their performances as well.
The Real Milli Vanilli made it crystal clear they would not be performing at the celebration either. Vanilla Ice is apparently still planning to show up, but Flo Rida and C+C Music Factory haven’t confirmed whether they’re actually coming.
Trump responded to all these cancellations by posting on Truth Social, saying he would replace the artists with himself.
“I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate ‘Artists,’ and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President!” he wrote.
The event is being funded through a public-private partnership that includes Trump-aligned tech companies such as Palantir and Oracle, as well as federal contractors Deloitte and Lockheed Martin.
The National Mall celebration was supposed to be a massive bicentennial moment for the country, but it’s turning into something completely different now.