Kane Brown took to social media last night, expressing his emotions following both the killing of Kirk and a school shooting that occurred that same day in Colorado.
In a series of posts on his Instagram page and Stories, Brown first shared a photo of a news report regarding the school shooting at a high school in Colorado, accompanied by a broken heart emoji. He then posted a photo of Kirk and his family, also with a broken heart emoji.
Brown also shared a longer video, making a heartfelt plea, stating, “I’m gettin’ mad, man, ’cause I don’t know what to say. I’m very uneducated on this stuff. At the end of the day, all I want is everybody to love each other. That’s really all I want. Left side, right side, Black, white, different languages speaking, different country living, just love each other. If you see somebody down, please pick them up. I’ve been crying [for] two hours. This is the first video, now I’m just gettin’ mad, because somethin’s telling me that I have to post this video. I don’t talk about this s–t. I don’t do politics. That’s not for me. I just want y’all to love each other. It’s really not that hard. I get it, some people can say some pretty messed up stuff, especially with the internet these days… just love each other. Help each other out.”
Following this, Brown faced backlash from commenters on both political sides for his remarks. The singer-songwriter quickly posted another video on his Instagram Stories, stating, “Guys, I apologize if I offended anybody. This is really not me picking sides. This is just a ‘f–ked-up world’ post, to be honest. We all need to do better. There was a school shooting; there have been thousands of school shootings. I want to pray for those families as well. I want to pray for Charlie’s family. I want to pray for anyone out there who has lost a family member due to someone wanting to harm them or being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I don’t understand why it has to happen. I don’t understand why war has to happen. That’s all this post is about; we just live in a f–ked-up world.”
In that series of Instagram Stories, he also emphasized, “I need y’all to see these are from both sides. We are the problem.” He shared messages from some commenters on both sides, including one who questioned, “Why didn’t you post about the Democratic representatives being murdered?!!!!,” presumably referring to the killings of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman in June. Brown responded in another Instagram Stories message by saying, “I don’t see why y’all look at each other in such a hateful way.” He also addressed another commenter who accused him of “offending your ancestors” as a biracial man by stating that he has been called racial slurs his whole life. “I don’t want those people dead,” Brown said. He concluded with a broken heart emoji and noted, “My last post for a while be safe guys and love one another.”
