Eric Clapton, Who Vowed To Never Play A Show With Vaccine Mandates, Played A Show With Vaccine Mandates

Get the Full Story76-year-old Eric Clapton is anti-vax, anti-lockdown, and anti-anti-racist. He got two doses of AstraZeneca in February, and a few months later he wrote that his symptoms were so disastrous he feared he d never play the guitar again. Eric said he should ve never gone near the needle. Then in July, he released a statement announcing that he would never perform at any venues that required guests to be vaccinated. He vowed. He refused. He put his multi-millionaire, vaccinated foot down! But guess what happened over the weekend? Eric played a concert in New Orleans with a vaccine mandate. Ha! You know what they say, you can t spell hypocrite without E-R-I-C!

First, a reminder of Eric s original July statement:

I wish to say that I will not perform on any stage where there is a discriminated audience present. Unless there is provision made for all people to attend, I reserve the right to cancel the show.

But, oops, Eric didn t cancel Saturday s show at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. The venue s website states that they follow city regulations and require all staff and attendees over the age of 12 to show proof of at least their first COVID-19 vaccine shot or be able to present a negative coronavirus test taken in the past 72 hours. The website also says that the venue requires masks on at all times when you re not eating or drinking , and it provides a list of healthcare locations that offer free vaccines.

But why would Eric go against his own word and perform at a venue with a vaccine mandate? Well, a concert review by the Times-Picayune newspaper surmises that it could be because the Smoothie King Center is also accepting negative COVID tests:

The test result loophole apparently allowed Clapton to, in good conscience, perform at the Smoothie King Center on Saturday for the arena s first concert in 18 months.

Ah, a lovely, convenient loophole. Like how I was a vegetarian in university but allowed myself to eat Big Macs when I was drunk. Except, in Eric s case, his drunk Big Macs money from concert tickets. But can we really blame him? What if he s desperate for the cash? After all, he only has a net worth of pauses to Google 250 MILLION?! LOL, so much for Eric s rebellion against tyranny and arrogant authority.

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