San Diego Pleasure Sponsors Pull Out Over Kehlani’s Headlining Efficiency

San Diego Pleasure simply hit a serious pace bump on the street to celebration — a number of sponsors are pulling the plug on the occasion as a result of R&B singer Kehlani‘s headlining spot within the lineup.

UC San Diego, UC San Diego Well being and Mayor Todd Gloria withdrew their help from the competition over Kehlani’s vocal help of Palestine through the ongoing warfare in Gaza, CBS8 studies. A number of Jewish teams additionally reportedly announced their resolution to drag away from Pleasure this yr over her “repeated amplification of violent antisemitic rhetoric.”

Her views — which many have deemed antisemitic — have induced friction earlier than. In April, her Cornell College “Slope Day” efficiency was minimize as a result of what the college described as her “anti-Israel” stance.

Then, in Could, the “Consider Me” hitmaker’s Central Park present was scrubbed over reported security considerations, with New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams cryptically noting … “We’re not the primary to have checked out this performer and talked concerning the cancellation.”

Kehlani hasn’t let the controversy silence her — she doubled down on her pro-Palestinian views on the 2025 American Music Awards in Could, stating … “If persons are blowing up and being murdered at mass charges … it needs to be as straightforward as respiratory to say, ‘Hey, this shouldn’t be occurring.”

She reacted to the San Diego Pleasure information on her Instagram Story Friday — her message is loud and clear … she’s merely not bothered.

Sharing why they pulled out, UC San Diego mentioned in an announcement … “We strongly condemn Antisemitism and stand agency in our dedication to selling inclusivity and respect for all people, together with our Jewish college students, school, workers and sufferers.”

San Diego Pleasure provided up a response, noting that whereas “disillusioned,” they “respect the choice of sponsors who’ve chosen to not take part on this yr’s San Diego Pleasure programming.”