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Radio host told not to make Demi Lovato non-binary jokes returns after storming off show Justin Vallejo Veteran shock jock Matt Siegel has uncancelled himself. The Boston DJ returned to the airwaves a day after quitting live over being told he couldn’t joke about Demi Lovato coming out as non-binary. The singer, 28, announced on Wednesday new pronouns of they/them as a non-binary person. It came following weeks of negative publicity over their feud with a Los Angeles ice cream shop over its “triggering” sugar-free cookies. The comedian, who has been on air for 40 years, ...
Rich Fury/Getty Images for OBB Media Demi Lovato attends the OBB Premiere Event for YouTube Originals Docuseries "Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil" at The Beverly Hilton on March 22, 2021 in Beverly Hills, Calif. A popular Boston radio host who’s been on the air for four decades abruptly quit Wednesday morning (May 19) after station management told him to stop making jokes about singer Demi Lovato’s announcement that they identify as non-binary. “I am the biggest of all time. And they said ‘Shut up, Matt. Stop talking.’ Well, I hope you’re happy because I just stopped talking...
Boston Radio Host Matt Siegel Storms Off Air Over Demi Lovato Joke “Matty out,” he says, protesting not being able to joke about Lovato’s coming out as nonbinary Lindsey Ellefson | May 19, 2021 @ 12:59 PM Getty Images Boston radio host Matt Siegel stormed off the air Wednesday in protest of not being able to joke about Demi Lovato’s announcement that they’re nonbinary. It’s unclear if Siegel actually ended his show. The “Matty in the Morning” host and four-decade radio vet abruptly departed his Kiss 108 program, declaring, “Matty out.” A representative for WXKS-FM did not ...
Boston radio show host, told not to talk about Lovato, quits May 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BOSTON (AP) — A popular Boston radio host who's been on the air for four decades abruptly quit Wednesday morning after station management told him to stop making jokes about singer Demi Lovato’s announcement that they identify as non-binary. “I am the biggest of all time. And they said ‘Shut up, Matt. Stop talking.’ Well, I hope you’re happy because I just stopped talking. Matty out,” Matty Siegel, co-host of the “Matty in the Morning” show on WXKS-FM radio, said at the conclusion ...