After slamming former President Donald Trump at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival, Hayley Williams has hit back at criticism that she was reading from a “script” while making her comments.
On Sunday, Sept. 22, the Paramore frontwoman, 35, shared an Instagram Story in which a user accused her of “reading the script” and asked if she was “paid or blackmailed” to target Trump at a Friday, Sept. 20 music event in Las Vegas.
“Whoever you are, I typed up my speech and asked a crew member to hold it close to the camera in case I got nervous. What I had to say was important and I didn’t want to stumble at this point. right I’m not done though watched … it’s because I prepared,” Williams told .
She added: “Finally, not only did I *not* get paid to give a speech, we (paramore) didn’t get paid to play that radio festival either. I think I’m just kicking ass here for free 🙁 thanks so much for your concern and well written my name, hi!”
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Williams didn’t hold back her feelings about the Republican presidential candidate running against Kamala Harris during Paramore’s performance on Friday.
“Project 2025 is Donald Trump’s playbook for controlling and punishing women, poor people, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community,” she said. “It’s time for all Americans to come together and finally defeat the Trump agenda. And the only way to do that is to face him at the polls.”
“Do you want to live in a dictatorship?” the “Decode” artist asked the crowd. “Well, show up and vote.”
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Williams has not shied away from sharing her political beliefs in the past.
Last year, the “Misery Business” singer shared a statement on Instagram calling out two anti-LGBTQ+ laws aimed at performing artists and gender-affirming care.
“Drag is not a crime. Gender-affirming health care for all, including our youth, is necessary,” she wrote, trans Teen Vogue. “Once again, our state has passed two regressive and unfathomably harmful laws. We stand in solidarity with our LGBTQIA+ families and local LGBTQIA+ organizations in this fight, not only for the inclusion of our friends and family in the queer community, but also for radical acceptance and empowerment for each of them.”
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