{"id":2182879,"date":"2025-12-01T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2182879"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:00:06","slug":"hayley-williams-draws-line-against-racist-sexist-fans-at-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hayley-williams-draws-line-against-racist-sexist-fans-at-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayley Williams draws line against &#8216;racist,&#8217; &#8216;sexist&#8217; fans at shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/hayley-williams-confirms-racist-country-223748956.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hayley Williams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Hayley Williams<\/a> is drawing a line in the sand against bigotry in her fanbase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/paramore-recreates-iconic-freddie-mercury-174749287.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paramore;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Paramore<\/a> frontwoman, who is currently on a recently extended solo tour, spoke to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/features\/true-believer-hayley-williams-interviewed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Clash magazine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Clash magazine<\/a> about the band&#8217;s relationship <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/black-people-love-paramore\/id1560947474\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:particularly with Black fans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">particularly with Black fans<\/a>, with Williams finding fulfillment in Paramore being &#8220;a part of that conversation&#8221; on inclusion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She said it&#8217;s &#8220;so important that people feel welcome to the party&#8221; \u2013 except for fans holding discriminatory views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve always said, all are welcome at our shows. But I don&#8217;t want racists around, and I don&#8217;t want sexist people around, and I don&#8217;t want people there who think that trans people are a burden,&#8221; Williams, 36, told the outlet. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s a hard line for me now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"-mx-4 mb-5 max-w-[750px] md:mx-0\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mx-4 md:mx-0\">\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<h2 class=\"text-base font-bold text-primary\">All the Swiftie celebs from Sabrina Carpenter to Hayley Williams<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"ml-1 font-normal text-primary\"><span class=\"font-bold text-hulk-pants dark:text-thanos\">1<\/span> of <span>12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"relative text-sm pr-2.5 text-tertiary\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">It&#8217;s not just us common folk that love Taylor Swift. Celebs, they&#8217;re just like us! <\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY Network&#8217;s Taylor Swift reporter <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/staff\/71515536007\/bryan-west\/\">Bryan West<\/a> compiled a list of celebrities who have shown their love for Swift and have even formed friendships with the pop star. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Hayley Williams confirms <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/hayley-williams-confirms-racist-country-223748956.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:'racist country singer' lyric is aimed at Morgan Wallen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">&#8216;racist country singer&#8217; lyric is aimed at Morgan Wallen<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued: &#8220;I hope it naturally happens that people who do harbour those harmful ideologies aren&#8217;t going to feel welcome, because they&#8217;re going to walk in the door and realise that the gang&#8217;s all here, all banded together around something positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comments come after the &#8220;True Believer&#8221; singer recently called out country singer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/morgan-wallen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Morgan Wallen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Morgan Wallen<\/a> in the title track of her July solo project &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/paramores-hayley-williams-surprise-releases-222555362.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party<\/a>,&#8221; calling him a &#8220;racist country singer.&#8221; Williams was likely referring to Wallen facing backlash in 2021 after a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/morgan-wallen-used-racist-slur-205507157.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:video surfaced of him using a racist slur;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">video surfaced of him using a racist slur<\/a>. The &#8220;Ain&#8217;t That Some&#8221; singer later apologized and asked his fans to stop defending him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>Paramore&#8217;s Hayley Williams <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/paramores-hayley-williams-surprise-releases-222555362.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:surprise releases nearly 20 songs: How to listen to new music;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">surprise releases nearly 20 songs: How to listen to new music<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project also includes cult hit &#8220;True Believer,&#8221; an anthem against phony and bigoted Christians, as well as misplaced Southern pride and gentrification of her home state of Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve wanted to write about this for so long, and I&#8217;ve never known how to,&#8221; she told Clash. &#8220;Look, it&#8217;s amazing to have Southern pride. It&#8217;s a beautiful area of not only the country, but the world. It&#8217;s so rich in culture and meaning, but we&#8217;re focusing on the wrong thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Contributing: Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/12\/01\/hayley-williams-paramore-racist-sexist-fans\/87547985007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paramore's Hayley Williams rails against 'racist' and 'sexist' fans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paramore&#8217;s Hayley Williams rails against &#8216;racist&#8217; and &#8216;sexist&#8217; fans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hayley Williams is drawing a line in the sand against bigotry in her fanbase. The Paramore frontwoman, who is currently on a recently extended solo tour, spoke to Clash magazine about the band&#8217;s relationship particularly with Black fans, with Williams finding fulfillment in Paramore being &#8220;a part of that conversation&#8221; on inclusion. 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