David Crosby has been called an “unkind schmuck” for criticising a fan’s caricature depiction of him.The founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash was blunt in his response to fan DJB Sackett, who had shared his work with Crosby as a “thank you for the music”.Crosby responded to Sackett’s tweet, which shows the artwork in question. “That is the weirdest painting of me I have ever seen.
Don’t quit your day job,” he wrote earlier in July.The musician has since received backlash from people supporting Sackett and his art.
One social media user wrote: “This is the weirdest reaction to a fan trying to do something nice I have ever seen. Don’t quit your day job, David Crosby… but maybe stop being an unkind schmuck on Twitter.”That is the weirdest painting of me.
I have ever seen …..don’t quit your day job …… https://t.co/3USbW4Qt7a— David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) July 16, 2022Another person tweeted: “David Crosby’s shitty attitude towards a fan who took time to create a piece of fan art highlights a very real issue, that many people in similar positions as him don’t care about hurting others.
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