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# Pink In Open Letter To Fans: “Kiss My Entire… Ass”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/pink-in-open-letter-to-fans-kiss-my-entire-ass/
- Published: 2013-05-06T14:07:45.000Z
- Updated: 2013-05-06T14:07:45.000Z
- Description: If fan engagement is the cornerstone of building a fan base, then berating them may be the best way to alienate them. Two weeks after cancelling a Birminghan, UK show. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/05/pink-in-open-letter-to-fans-kiss-my-entire-ass.html]
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If fan engagement is the cornerstone of building a fan base, then berating them may be the best way to alienate them. Two weeks after cancelling a Birminghan, UK show due to illness, Pink wrote an open letter to her fans telling any that were upset to "Kindly kiss my entire almost back to healthy ass."

"I am getting a lot of hate mail…," the singer [posted](http://www.pinkspage.com/us/news/pnks-message?ref=hypebot.com) on her site.

**What about rescheduling?**

"There is no way I can make up this date. There isn't a way," according to Pink. "And for any  
of you that believe in me, please know we did everything we could to try  
to make it happen. Everything.  
It's a logistical nightmare that is again, out of my control."

Here is the full text of the letter:

>  
>  
> I sincerely apologize, AGAIN, for any inconvenience this may have caused  
> you. Sincerely.  
> I actually rode by the venue, and saw some of you in line, and there was  
> not a fucking thing I could do about any of it. Except cry. My heart  
> was absolutely broken.  
>  
> I am getting a lot of hate mail from some of you, not all. But to those  
> of you that expect and feel entitled to perfection;  
> Have a look at my track record- please- in general- for tours past. I  
> have an incredible record. I do not cancel and I do not take it for  
> granted how much trouble people go to- from spending hard earned money  
> they don't have, to travel expenses and time and planning, etc. I take  
> NOnE of it for granted, EVER. That's why I never phone it in. I go on  
> stage and pour my fucking heart and body out on that stage.  
> I ruin my body and my vocal chords, make myself sicker, come hell or  
> high water.  
> I don't lip sync, I don't rely on dancers to do my work for me.  
> I try to put the best show on that I can, that any human being can, and I  
> don't stop until I know you're happy.  
>  
> I am a human being, therefore I am able to catch illness. It is beyond  
> my control- and I can't apologize for that.  
> And you know what I've been performing through the last week? ROTA  
> virus. Look it up. I challenge any one of you to do what I do while sick  
> with that. You couldn't do it.  
>  
> The fact that I don't get the benefit of the doubt from you saddens me.  
> There is no way I can make up this date. There isn't a way. And for any  
> of you that believe in me, please know we did everything we could to try  
> to make it happen. Everything.  
> It's a logistical nightmare that is again, out of my control.  
>  
> And guess what? I might actually get sick again on this tour. Can you  
> imagine it? How dare I even think that?  
> I have a two year old who is building her immune system by getting sick  
> all over the place. And the fact that I even went on tour while being a  
> full time mom is a miracle in itself.  
>  
> The next time I schedule dates- ill have to say to myself- "if, God  
> forbid I have to cancel one show, those fans will turn on me like rabid  
> dogs and question the moral fabric of my character."  
>  
> For the loyal and understanding fans- I am so so sorry if I've hurt you in any way.  
> For the rest of you-  
> Kindly kiss my entire almost back to healthy ass.  
>  
> Love always,  
> Alecia the human also known as p!nk