Adele blasted a homophobic fan during her Las Vegas residency show over the weekend.
During her Weekends With Adele concert on Saturday (June 1), which marked the beginning of Pride Month, an audience member shouted “Pride sucks” between songs.
As seen in a fan-captured video, the “Someone Like You” singer briefly paused her performance at Caesars Palace’s Colosseum to clap back at the rude concert-goer with some harsh words of her own.
“Did you come to my f—in’ show to say ‘Pride sucks?’” Adele responded while seated at the piano. “Are you f—ing stupid? Don’t be so f—ing ridiculous.”
The 16-time Grammy winner continued, “If you’ve got nothing nice to say, shut up, alright?” Her quick rebuke drew applause from the crowd.
Adele has been a longtime supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. Last year, she celebrated Pride Month by wearing a rainbow flag dress during a Las Vegas performance. “I’ll be celebrating it all month long,” she said to fans. “Happy Pride!” The singer also waved a Pride flag during her concert at London’s Hyde Park in 2022.
In June 2016, Adele also dedicated her concert at Belgium’s Sportpaleis to victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla. The massacre at the LGBTQ+ club left 49 people dead and 53 injured.
“The LGBTQA community, they’re like my soulmates since I was really young, so I’m really moved by it,” she told fans at the show.
Adele’s Las Vegas residency continues through June 15. After a stint of concerts in Munich this summer, she’ll return to Sin City in late October for five additional weekends.
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