Bob Vylan Singer Wildly Claims He Did Not Celebrate Charlie Kirk’s Death — Even Though He Said ‘Rest in Peace, You Piece of Sh*t’
One-half of the British punk rock duo “Bob Vylan” tried to clarify his comments about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk on social media Sunday.
While performing in the Netherlands Saturday, Bob Vylan frontman Pascal Robinson-Foster took a moment to “dedicate” a song to Kirk following his assassination at Utah Valley University last week.
“I want to dedicate this next one to an absolute piece of sh*t of a human being!” Robinson-Foster said. “The pronouns was/were! Because if you talk sh*t, you will get banged! Rest in peace Charlie Kirk, you piece of sh*t!”
His comments drew the ire of conservatives from around the world who are mourning Kirk’s passing. The UK chapter of Turning Point, the group founded by Kirk, posted the rant online, writing, “Anti-British extremist Bob Vylan mocks and glorifies the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk on stage.”
On X Sunday, Robinson-Foster posted a video message under the heading, “Calm down.”
Despite acknowledging that he called Kirk a “piece of sh*t,” the singer claimed his rant was “not a celebration” of the conservative activist’s death.
“At no point during yesterday’s show was Charlie Kirk’s death celebrated,” Robinson-Foster began, continuing:
I did call him a piece of shit, that much is true. But at no point was his death celebrated. If it was, go find me a quote, go find me something that proves we were celebrating his death. You’re not gonna find it because it didn’t happen.
Uh, what did happen is one reporter that bought their ticket online came with the sole purpose of finding something to report, and after I called him a piece of shit and we played a song, they have written that up as a celebration. Not a celebration, isn’t a celebration, wasn’t a celebration. Calm down.
The punk group’s music revolves around themes of inequality, racism, sexism, and homophobia — all subjects Kirk debated about in his “Prove Me Wrong” tour around college campuses.
At the Glastonbury Festival in June, the group led a chant of “Death to the IDF,” causing the U.S. State Department to revoke their visas.