Billy Wes arrived to the Right this moment present's studios sporting the shirt.
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NBC’s “Right this moment” present purportedly blocked a member of Macy Grey’s band from sporting a “Free Brittney Griner” T-shirt throughout a stay efficiency this week to protest the WNBA star’s incarceration in Russia, based on the singer.
Grey’s keyboardist, Billy Wes, was noticed sporting a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan forward of the group’s efficiency on Thursday’s version of Right this moment. Nevertheless, the message was nowhere to be discovered as soon as Grey’s act obtained underway – with Wes later confirming that he was instructed to not show it.
“They made me flip it inside out. They stated I couldn’t put on it, so I needed to flip it outdoors out. However y’all know what time it's: free Brittney,” Wes instructed TMZ.
Grey later personally addressed the scenario in her personal interview with TMZ, saying the obvious drama over the “Free Brittney Griner” T-shirt “actually bummed me out.”
“We needed to put on them on the present they usually stated no, as a result of I suppose one thing occurred,” Grey stated.
“I don’t assume it’s too political. It’s a human being that’s in a extremely horrible scenario and there’s those that have energy to do one thing about it. That’s what they need to do,” she added.
Right this moment representatives didn't instantly return a request for remark.
Griner, 31, was initially detained by Russian authorities in February after police stated they discovered vape canisters containing hashish oil in her possession. Her arrest occurred simply days earlier than the Kremlin launched its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
She pleaded responsible to drug possession fees this week and faces as much as 10 years in a Russian jail. The White Home stated President Biden known as Griner’s spouse, Cherelle, to guarantee her he was doing all the pieces he can to safe her launch.
Grey’s look on the Right this moment present included a sit-down interview during which she addressed the backlash she confronted relating to remarks she made to Piers Morgan about transgender individuals. Grey stated “simply since you go change your components doesn’t make you a girl.”
Grey instructed Right this moment that the incident was a “big studying expertise.”
“I believe it takes loads of braveness to be your self, to exit on the earth and be trustworthy about who you might be. And so I believe anybody who's within the LGBT neighborhood is a hero and units an instance for all of us,” Grey stated. “I stated some issues that didn’t go over nicely, however my intention was by no means to harm anyone. I really feel dangerous that I did harm some individuals.”
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