Alice Cooper, the eyeliner sporting “Godfather of Shock Rock,” was dumped by a cosmetics firm after the singer questioned the push to carry out trans surgical procedures on children and mentioned that transitioning genders was a “fad.”
According to the New York Post, The 75-year-old rock legend, whose hits embody School’s Out and Welcome to My Nightmare, had signed the model partnership deal lower than two weeks in the past with Vampyre Cosmetics — which markets spooky and gothic-themed make-up, lipsticks, palettes and lashes.
However, Cooper was cancelled by the corporate after he expressed opposition to “gender affirming care” for minors — which entails irreversible surgical procedures and hormonal therapies to facilitate the transition to the alternative intercourse — in an interview with the positioning Stereogum.
“I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad, and I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that,” the Detroit native, whose actual title is Vincent Damon Furnier, instructed the positioning on Wednesday.
“I find it wrong when you’ve got a 6-year-old kid who has no idea,” he mentioned, including: “He just wants to play, and you’re confusing him telling him, ‘Yeah, you’re a boy, but you could be a girl if you want to be.’”
Cooper added: “I think that’s so confusing to a kid. It’s even confusing to a teenager.”
“You’re still trying to find your identity, and yet here’s this thing going on, saying, ‘Yeah, but you can be anything you want. You can be a cat if you want to be’,” he mentioned.
“I mean, if you identify as a tree … And I’m going, ‘Come on! What are we in, a Kurt Vonnegut novel?’”
“It’s so absurd, that it’s gone now to the point of absurdity,” Cooper mentioned.
The rocker additionally blasted “the whole woke thing,” questioning: “Who’s making the rules? Is there a building somewhere in New York where people sit down every day and say, ‘OK, we can’t say ‘mother’ now. We have to say ‘birthing person’. Get that out on the wire right now?”’
“Who is this person that’s making these rules? I don’t get it,” Cooper mentioned, including: “I’m not being old school about it. I’m being logical about it.”
Cooper’s tune didn’t sit properly with Vampyre, which sells its merchandise in 130 shops primarily concentrated within the New Orleans space.
“In light of recent statements by Alice Cooper we will no longer be doing a makeup collaboration,” the corporate wrote on Instagram in asserting it was chopping ties with Cooper over his feedback.
“We stand with all members of the LGBTQIA+ community and believe everyone should have access to healthcare. All pre-order sales will be refunded.”
A spokesperson for Cooper declined to remark. The Post has sought remark from Vampyre Cosmetics.
The monetary particulars of the short-lived partnership weren’t obtainable.
Vampyre Cosmetics describes itself as a “proudly women owned, disabled owned and LGBT+ owned” firm whose ‘products are vegan, cruelty free and talc free.”
“We are queer, disabled, and proudly neurodiverse women working round the clock to bring you cosmetics so uniquely packaged … you exclaim ‘Holy Crap!’ while you see it,” Karen Holton, the managing proprietor of the corporate, mentioned in a profile.
This article initially appeared in New York Post and was reproduced with permission
Source: www.news.com.au
