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Music

No, Avril Lavigne's Not ‘Canceled’ for Singing About Straight People

A conservative politician wants to know why the Left hasn't canceled the pop star – and everyone's confused.

Rachel Kiley

Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.

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Rachel Kiley

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January 04 2022 1:08 PM EST

May 31 2023 2:38 PM EST

Lauren Boebert must be having a hard time drumming up imaginary controversies right now, so she’s reaching deep into the vault and dragging Avril Lavigne into her world of drama.

The controversial Colorado representative posted a clip from Avril’s 2002 video for “Sk8er Boi,” her second single ever, asking, “Has the delusional Left canceled Avril Lavigne for this yet?”

\u201cHas the delusional Left canceled Avril Lavigne for this yet?\u201d
— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1641160480

The clip itself features the iconic opening of the song, in which Avril sings, “He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it anymore obvious?”

It’s unclear whether Boebert thinks “the delusional Left” wants to cancel Avril over defining people’s genders or insinuating that two people of opposite gender are automatically going to be all heterosexual together. Alternatively, there could be some other thing entirely going on here — the obvious options are so inane to begin with, it’s hard to say.

What we can say is that nobody is out here trying to cancel Avril Lavigne over “Sk8er Boi,” a basically flawless song encapsulating that pop punk vibe of the early 2000s.

Pretty much everyone who responded to Boebert on Twitter seemed pretty confused at what she was trying for with this one.

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— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1641160480

\u201c@otlassie @laurenboebert It's the lyric "he was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it anymore obvious". She thinks that the left will have a problem, not realizing that Avril supports LGBTQ issues and many other social issues as well. Boebert is remarkably stupid.\u201d
— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1641160480

\u201c@RachelTheWilder @laurenboebert She seems to be under the impression that the mere existence of men and women is somehow considered "hateful" to trans people. I'm trans, and while I've never heard this song in full, even I know it's about a cis romance.\u201d
— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1641160480

\u201c@laurenboebert\u201d
— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1641160480

\u201cI THOUGHT SHE WAS BEING IRONIC help-\u201d
— sk8er (@sk8er) 1641233626

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— the pre-post truth era - methy edition\u2122 (@the pre-post truth era - methy edition\u2122) 1641220418

\u201cWhy would we cancel her this song fucking rules\u201d
— u/\ud835\udea0\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude9d_\ud835\ude79\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude8f\ud835\ude8f (@u/\ud835\udea0\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude9d_\ud835\ude79\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude8f\ud835\ude8f) 1641216906

Boebert previously made headlines for posting a photo of her children armed with guns in front of a Christmas tree after seeing another politician do the same and realizing it would rile people up. If she was trying to quench that thirst for attention again, her confusing tweet about Avril didn’t quite do the trick.