Summary
Musician Yasmin Williams posted a viral email exchange with John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts interim director Richard Grenell, who lashed out when she questioned DEI rollbacks and canceled shows under Trump’s leadership.
Grenell accused artists of boycotting Republicans and told Williams, “Don’t be gullible,” and “I’m too busy to confront your vapidness.”
He defended axing DEI, calling it “bullshit” and blaming “woke” programming for financial woes: “Zero in the bank and zero in reserves.”
The Kennedy Center has since canceled 20+ shows, fueling industry outrage.
The question and answer pairs are probably enough to diagnose a serious persecution complex or other mental disorder. He literally isn’t even responding to the question, but like five layers deep of imagined subtext.
Yeah he’s absolutely deranged. It’s worth just reading the emails rather than the article, since it shows how much of a nut job this guy really is.