The estate of Sinead O’Connor is demanding that Trump stop playing her music at his rallies, specifically the song “Nothing Compares 2 U.
Here’s more from the New York Post:
Sinéad O’Connor’s estate is demanding that former President Donald Trump stops playing the late singer’s music during his political rallies.
“Throughout her life, it is well known that Sinéad O’Connor lived by a fierce moral code defined by honesty, kindness, fairness and decency towards her fellow human beings,” the late singer’s estate and Chrysalis Records said in a joint statement to the Associated Press. “It was with outrage therefore that we learned that Donald Trump has been using her iconic performance of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ at his political rallies.
“It is no exaggeration to say that Sinéad would have been disgusted, hurt and insulted to have her work misrepresented in this way by someone whom she herself referred to as a ‘biblical devil,’” the statement continued. “As the guardians of her legacy, we demand that Donald Trump and his associates desist from using her music immediately.”
Trump, 77, was issued the cease-and-desist letter after the estate learned that the former president had been using the singer’s 1990 hit at various rallies.
The former “The Apprentice” host, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, is currently running for reelection in the 2024 presidential race.
O’Connor, who died of natural causes in July 2023 at the age of 56, was an outspoken critic of Trump.
“I actually do believe Donald Trump is the biblical devil, the f—ker,” O’Connor told Hot Press in 2020. “He’s not playing. Nobody should think he’s doing this just so he can get elected. He is devilish enough that he believes in this stuff.
At one point, O’Connor even stated that she truly believed Trump was “a Satanist.”
“I know this may sound extreme — I don’t really give a flying f—k what everyone else thinks — but I am convinced the man is actually a Satanist,” she told the outlet.
I would imagine Trump will stop playing it, but since O’Connor died last year I don’t know if her estate can demand this legally.