Justin Bieber Calls Out Fox News Host Laura Ingraham on Instagram
By Kwadar Ray
Justin Bieber is taking a stand against a conservative TV host's callous comments.
Speaking on her show, The Ingraham Angle, Fox News host Laura Ingraham briefly covered the funeral for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was shot and killed outside of his South Los Angeles store on March 31.
Nipsey, who's revered in L.A. for putting money back into the community, had a packed memorial service last week in the Staples Center.
“He had vision for me that I didn’t even have for myself”
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) April 12, 2019
Snoop Dogg paid tribute to how Nipsey Hussle was unafraid to dream big. pic.twitter.com/78ipzvmqIG
The rapper's murder impacted millions and even President Obama wrote a letter honoring the late artist. “While most folks look at the Crenshaw neighborhood where he grew up and see only gangs, bullets and despair, Nipsey saw potential,” Obama wrote. “He saw hope. He saw a community that, even through its flaws, taught him to always keep going."
But as with any topic, there's always someone out there looking to take advantage of a tragic event to push their own political ideology. Ingraham mocked Nipsey's death on her show last Friday, the same day of his funeral, slamming him for his feature on YG's controversial song, "F**k Donald Trump."
The right-wing host chuckled and smirked when discussing the matter, before dismissing the song's lyrics and citing the improved African-American unemployment rate since President Trump took office.
Here's Laura Ingraham mocking a murder victim, just hours after he was laid to rest, because he opposed Trump 3 years ago. (Also, the man rapping in that video is YG, a person who is not Nipsey Hussle.) For shame.pic.twitter.com/02iBYdr5wo
— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) April 13, 2019
Plenty of stars have used their platform to call Ingraham out for her inconsiderate segment. Bieber called on Fox to fire Ingraham, calling the late-night host's actions, "absolutely disgusting."
"How dare you laugh in the face of a person who has passed on," Bieber wrote in an Instagram post shared on Thursday. "Doesn’t matter who it is. But disrespecting someone’s who was a pillar in the community and did right by people? Did you not think about the family who just lost a love one and now have to see you mock him on national television It’s absurd and you should be fired period.
After Fox didn't fire the conservative talking head for her awful tweet directed at a Parkland shooting survivor, we doubt a firing is coming.