Rosalía apologizes as Argentine fans call for her to be declared “Persona Non Grata”

[TaylorSwift 162,446]

Rosalía found herself at the center of controversy in Argentina after sharing a TikTok video of Mia Khalifa celebrating Spain’s victory over Argentina. Many fans felt offended, called for her to be declared persona non grata, and began trying to return their tickets for her show in Argentina on Aug. 1.

In the since-deleted Story that’s still available on Khalifa’s Instagram account, the Lebanese-American influencer is lip-synching to Rosalía’s “La Perla,” a song that describes a toxic and narcissistic ex. “How life sounds now that the perlas have been defeated,” Khalifa, who publicly rooted for Spain during the World Cup, wrote in the clip. 

 Rosalía — who’s set to take her LUX World Tour to Buenos Aires’ Movistar Arena on Aug. 1 — offered an apology.

“I shared it because ‘La Perla’ was playing and I didn’t even read what it said. My bad, I’m sorry,” the artist shared in her first Instagram Story, which featured Argentina’s flag, on Wednesday (Aug. 22). She added in the second: “I only have love for Argentina.”

Rosalía’s mea culpa comes after a wave of Argentine fans flooded her comments on social media, saying that they were going to return the tickets or not attend her upcoming concert in the South American country.

“The apology came 24 hours late. I don’t think it’s valid,” wrote one user. “If there is no respect for my country, there is no audience for these artists.” Another added, “Argentina neither forgets nor forgives.”

https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/rosalia-apologizes-argentine-fans-spain-world-cup-win-1236300678/

[Idefix1999 459]

Maybe some people should do the same as a lot of football players did over the last weeks: touch some grass.

If they want to be offended, they will find a reason, no matter what everyone else is saying or doing.

[Juanlittlem 49,433]

So they lost the world cup and now theyre losing the money by not going to her show with already bought tickets, good for them

[rinasawachanta 3,483]

5 minutes ago, Juanlittlem said:

So they lost the world cup and now theyre losing the money by not going to her show with already bought tickets, good for them

In fact, they are getting the production company to reimburse them. And some of them are donating the money to charities for veterans of the Malvinas War.

[NemoMyName 2,195]

And somebody days ago tried to put Argentinians as victims lmao

[NewEnglandWitch 65]

Ok, irrelevant because I know zero about any sports, but it would be so fire if she named her next album “Persona Non Grata” 😂

[elijahfan 27,484]

She's Spanish, and Spain won... Maybe now is time to stop being a bad sport. It wasn't cute on the field, and it's not cute either a week later.

[TaylorSwift 162,446]

Rosalía isn’t the only celebrity who has been canceled.
They also put Dua Lipa on a list of celebrities involved in a hate campaign against Argentina, becasu her brother posted this:

  
 

and Zara Larsson for her IG Story:

Halsey:

 

Niall Horan for liking this post:

 

 

Edited July 22 by TaylorSwift

[rinasawachanta 3,483]

Just now, TaylorSwift said:

Niall Horan for liking this post:

All those examples mentioned are just celebrations, but did Niall Horan really like that post? That's really in poor taste. The message written on the flag is a serious matter.

[Junko Enoshima 4,580]

lmfao whoever’s mad that a spanish person is celebrating that their country won the world cup is stupid and needs to touch some grass right now

Edited July 22 by Junko Enoshima

[Decodekid 30,691]

perlas indeed 

[TaylorSwift 162,446]

1 minute ago, rinasawachanta said:

All those examples mentioned are just celebrations, but did Niall Horan really like that post? That's really in poor taste. The message written on the flag is a serious matter.

Not sure if he even saw that photo (it was the 8th photo) or understood what was written on the flag

[nATAH 57,013]

nobody in the real world cares about this

[BeyonkaAte 948]

they cannot be serious....................................... it's a ball game, get over it lmfao

[Ilia Malinin 2,879]

59 minutes ago, TaylorSwift said:

“The apology came 24 hours late. I don’t think it’s valid,” wrote one user. “If there is no respect for my country, there is no audience for these artists.” Another added, “Argentina neither forgets nor forgives.”

the victim complex of it all