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Charlotte Church says her family have been threatened by “some pretty scary people” over support of Gaza

Charlotte Church has revealed that her family have been threatened by “some pretty scary people” over her support of Gaza.On February 26, the singer played at Bedwas Workmen’s Hall in Caerphilly at a concert to raise money for the Middle East Children’s Alliance, which supports children in Gaza. To end the show, she led a choir of 100 singers in a chant of “from the river to the sea”.She received backlash for the use of that phrase as it is politically charged, with some, including the Campaign Against Antisemitism, believing that it calls for the destruction of the state of Israel.Church addressed the backlash in an Instagram livestream stating: “Just to clarify my intentions there, I am in no way anti-Semitic.
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Charlotte Church on the end of Pop Dungeon and her “joyful, naughty” new material
Charlotte Church has spoken to NME about her decision to bring her famed Late Night Pop Dungeon to an end, and what to expect from her “joyful” but “naughty” new material.The former opera singer turned alt-pop solo star and political activist gained a reputation on the festival, club and grassroots venue scene over the last seven years for her Late Night Pop Dungeon gig series – performing a range of high octane covers by the likes of Destiny’s Child, Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Beastie Boys, Beyoncé, En Vogue, Black Sabbath, Prince and many more, along with cuts from her solo career.She embarked on the final UK tour for the project last year, before giving the Pop Dungeon one last outing at Liverpool’s Eurovision village last week (Friday May 11).Speaking to NME backstage at the village ahead of her performance, Church explained how the gig series came about in the first place – seeking to do something different and separate to her alt-rock leaning set of EPs ‘ONE’ through ‘FOUR’ released from 2012-2014.“The origin story of it really is that [comedian] Stewart Lee asked us to play All Tomorrow’s Parties, which you know is super arch, chin-strokey, ’Patrish’ and all the rest of it,” she explained. “We very far away in time from the EP project so it didn’t make much sense to do that.”Church and her band then came up with a concept of “old school covers” they found to be “really disruptive” but still “fucking excellent”.
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Charlotte Church speaks out on Chris Moyles’ “dark” proposition to take her virginity when she turned 16
Charlotte Church has spoken out about an alleged proposition by Chris Moyles to take her virginity when she turned 16.In 2002, Moyles, who was then presenting BBC Radio 1’s drive-time show, offered to take the singer’s virginity, saying that he wanted to “lead her through the forest of sexuality now she had reached 16”, according to The Guardian.Speaking in a new Channel 4 series, Kathy Burke: Growing Up, which is due to air tonight (March 8), Church was asked by Burke: “Is that when it started to get dark? When you were basically reaching puberty? That’s when they started to write about you differently?”“Yeah, there was just this sort of shift where I became fair game,” she replied.As part of the show, a TV clip obtained by Metro.co.uk, from years later is aired from the singer’s Channel 4 programme The Charlotte Church Show, where Moyles tells Church: “You were gonna be 16, and I offered to take your virginity.”The Broadcasting Standards Commission said that the “explicit sexual content and humour had exceeded acceptable boundaries for the time of transmission” following his original comment in 2002, reports The Independent.But according to Church, the upfront misogyny of the times was less worrying than the more internet-enabled misogyny that flourishes today.“It wasn’t good, but at least it was out in the open. That lads, lads, lads culture was dominant.
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Chris Moyles controversies as he claims fans will see 'quieter' side to him on I'm A Celeb
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! stint, Chris Moyles said he wouldn't be "the loudest person" on the show as he claimed Radio X listeners were used to hearing a "very turned up version" of him.The 48-year-old's admission may come as a surprise as he hasn't shied away from sharing his outspoken views in the past. Back in 2002, while a presenter on BBC Radio 1, he sparked backlash over comments he said about singer Charlotte Church turning 16.The presenter joked that he'd like to “lead her through the forest of sexuality now that she had reached 16.”Following his words, the Broadcasting Standards Commission said it noted Moyles was well known for his near-the-knuckle approach, but “the explicit sexual content and humour had exceeded acceptable boundaries for the time of transmission”.The BBC also issued a statement saying the comments were his style of humour and were not meant to be taken seriously.Four years later, Halle Berry accused Chris of having a “racist moment” on air.While promoting an X-Men movie alongside Hugh Jackman, the latter joked that Moyles could be his body double.He went on to yell: “Put your hands up in the air," to which Hugh asked: "Are you some kind of Brooklyn Bond?”Chris replied: “I’m a black American guy.
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