Someone in the comments on one of Ciara‘s Instagram posts took it upon himself to chastise the singer for appearing in Taylor Swift‘s new music video, in which she officiates a wedding between two men. Ciara shared the clip from You Need To Calm Down on Instagram, which shows her jumping up and down and cheering after marrying Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita.
The commenter, said, “Ciara. you shouldn’t be doing this. We respect u too much, Being at a gay wedding is one thing and joining them together is, even more, a greater sin. We love you but this is wrong.” She writes in response to his comment, “Firstly, Christians don’t judge. Secondly #YouNeedToCalmDown.”
You Need To Calm Down is about LGBTQ acceptance and slamming homophobes. The music video is absolutely star-studded, featuring a plethora of queer celebrities: Ellen DeGeneres, the Queer Eye cast, RuPaul, Billy Porter, Laverne Cox, Hayley Kiyoko, Adam Lambert, Adam Rippon, and so many more.
Taylor faced her own criticism before the music video dropped. There was a rumour going around that she and Katy were going to kiss in it, so she took to Tumblr to set the record straight: “Guys. That is ABSOLUTELY false,” she writes. “To be an ally is to understand the difference between advocating and baiting. Anyone trying to twist this positivity into something it isn’t needs to clam down. It costs zero dollars to not step on our gowns.”
