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

San Diego Pleasure simply hit a serious pace bump on the highway to celebration — a number of sponsors are pulling the plug on the occasion because 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 assist from the competition over Kehlani’s vocal assist of Palestine throughout the ongoing battle in Gaza, CBS8 experiences. A number of Jewish teams additionally reportedly introduced their choice to tug away from Pleasure this 12 months over her “repeated amplification of violent antisemitic rhetoric.”

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

Then, in Might, 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 Might, stating … “If individuals are blowing up and being murdered at mass charges … it needs to be as simple as respiratory to say, ‘Hey, this shouldn’t be taking place.”

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 stated in a press release … “We strongly condemn Antisemitism and stand agency in our dedication to selling inclusivity and respect for all people, together with our Jewish college students, college, workers and sufferers.”

San Diego Pleasure provided up a response, noting that whereas “dissatisfied,” they “respect the choice of sponsors who’ve chosen to not take part on this 12 months’s San Diego Pleasure programming.”