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February 7, 2023

Pink Floyd bandmates feud over member’s antisemitic, pro-Putin remarks: ‘Guess the reunion is off'

Roger Waters (File photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
"Legendary Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour slammed former bandmate and Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters on Twitter Monday.

Gilmour torched Waters’ history of antisemitic views and more recent defense of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s behavior in Ukraine in a blunt post on his Twitter account.

The "Comfortably Numb" guitar player endorsed a brutal post from his wife, author Polly Samson, who targeted Waters political views as well as numerous character flaws allegedly belonging to the former Pink Floyd bassist and singer.

She claimed that Waters is 'antisemitic,' 'misogynistic' a hypocrite, and additionally, a lip syncher. Gilmour claimed Samson’s post was 'demonstrably true'...

Gilmour and his wife’s tweets were clearly aimed at Waters’ history of comments and statements denounced as antisemitic, as well as his 2022 claim claiming that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was prompted by 'extreme nationalists' in Ukraine.

As Fox News Digital reported, Waters also criticized the U.S. and Great Britain for supplying weapons to the Ukrainian war effort..."
Date
February 7, 2023
Title
Pink Floyd bandmates feud over member’s antisemitic, pro-Putin remarks: ‘Guess the reunion is off’, Fox News
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Gabriel Hays
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https://www.foxnews.com/media/pink-floyd-bandmates-feud-over-members-antisemitic-pro-putin-remarks-guess-reunion-off
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