Money makes them blind too...
Jennifer Lopez sang "Happy Birthday" to the leader of Turkmenistan during a show, but her representative said she wouldn't have performed there at all if she had known there were human rights issues in the country.
Berdimuhamedow has been criticized for oppressive rule by human rights organizations. Human Rights Watch describes Turkmenistan as "among the most repressive in the world."
Beyonce, Nelly Furtado, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Usher were paid handsomely to perform at parties linked to the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. All later announced plans to donate their performance fees to charity and said they hadn't known the leader was connected to terrorism.
Her performance fee wasn't disclosed.
Lopez's publicist says the event was vetted by Lopez's staff: "Had there been knowledge of human rights issues any kind, Jennifer would not have attended."
The birthday serenade was a last-minute request made by the corporation to Lopez before she took the stage, and she "graciously obliged," the statement said.
http://music.yahoo.com/news/lopez-sings-human-rights-violating-turkmenis...
Goj, it's all relative...and in principle the same thing.
Well this famous people and singers can pick and choose and take a ethical stand and dont have to put their fingers in each and every opening
Well, nobody wants to work for free.Everybody likes to make money.
Many people here on QL complain about the plight of, for example, the workers here in Qatar.
Have all those people quit their jobs and left the country?
No...I do not believe so...I believe they are still getting paid by Qatar...or am I wrong?
even if OP gets loads of money for singing, he'll catch next flight to Turkmenistan ....even without bothering to delete this QL posting :)
Money is Magnet!!!
She must have got such a load of money that her excitement shows in the picture and she would probably love to do another concert again and soon. Its like come on Honey lets have a look at the money
I have asked JLo to donate this money to any charity..she was actually asking for donations for her project "Chime for Change"
On the other day Madona was giving a peace speech.. praising americans govt, criticising iranians..
I was just laughing my arse off...
May be she dont know about Iraq, Afghanistan, NSA, Bugging West/EU networks etc..
They aren't politicians, they aren't human rights activists. She a singer. Why in the world would she know or care about events in Turkmenistan. All she cares about is her next pay check.
She learnt just after getting her cheque!!!
even google wasnt working untill then...LOL