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Tell us how you really feel, Kat Von D!
Celebrity tattoo artist and fashion mogul Kat Von D is reacting to Linkin Park replacing their late frontman Chester Bennington with rocker Emily Armstrong.
In a new interview on the Sailor Jerry Podcast, Von D called the move “a gimmick” and said, “Just change the name of the band and start a new band.
To be honest, I think it’s dumb.” The tattoo artist added that she knew Bennington, who died in 2017, and that having a woman replace him feels like “a gimmick” and “a money grab.” She said, “If I was a hardcore Linkin Park fan, I would want to see the original singer. I don’t want to see some girl pretending like she’s doing a caricature of something.”
Von D says she thinks fans would rather see a hologram ... or some sort of technological reproduction to give fans a version of the OG vocalist.
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