Zara Larsson recently disclosed that a light-hearted quip about abortion on TikTok cost her a significant $3 million brand partnership.
The 28-year-old Swedish artist faced criticism after responding to a TikTok video shared by a fan who captured a moment from one of her performances.
The fan’s video included a text overlay stating, “I didn’t know I was pregnant here but at least my baby got to hear ‘Midnight Sun’ before I aborted it.”
In response, Zara humorously replied, “I killed the performance and then you killed it after the performance purrrrrr.”
Addressing the controversy, the “Lush Life” singer shared that the joke led to the loss of a lucrative brand deal. However, she stood by her humor, saying she wouldn’t want to collaborate with a brand that didn’t share her sense of humor.
In a frank video, Zara remarked, “Recently, the abortion joke, which I still find very funny, cost me a $3 million deal, and I just thought, what the f***.”
Zara Larsson has revealed she lost a massive $3million brand deal after making a joke about abortion on TikTok
The Swedish singer, 28, received some backlash online after commenting on a TikTok video taken by a fan at one of her concerts
She continued: ‘If you don’t agree with me thinking women should have access to abortion or that we can have a joking conversation about it then we are not meant to be partners.
‘I don’t give a f*** about it. You can send me a million DMs and send me a million comments about me being a bad person or a wicked witch, but I don’t give a rats a*** because I’m so sure in my stance in that.’
It comes after Zara slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement as she declared her love for immigrants, trans people, socialism and even criminals in a furious social media rant.
The pop singer has long been a champion of left-wing causes and posted several furious rants to her Instagram story in reaction to the ICE-involved shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Nicole Good.
‘Idk about yall but I’d rather have someone smoking crack on my couch than a f**king ICE agent ewwwwwwwww. They’re criminals too. Killing, kidnapping, violent, hateful ones,’ she wrote.
In another, she stated that she ‘loves’ everyone from ‘immigrants, criminals, trans people, abortions, queers, slutty women, contraception, welfare and socialism.’
However, she bluntly declared: ‘I f**king hate ICE.’
She explained her support of criminals as part of her desire to see her boyfriend, Swedish dancer Lamin Holmén, in a separate post, writing: ‘aahhhh criminals?!?!?!? Girl YES, heavy on that s***.’
‘The reason why my sweet, loving, kind, caring, compassionate, smart, generous, talented, thoughtful man can’t come to the US – AT ALL – to visit me ever since we got together almost six years ago is because he has a criminal record. Guess for what! Weed!’
‘We spend months and months apart because of a little spliff over six years ago.’
She then wondered ‘what went wrong’ with ICE agents in the wake of Jonathan Ross’ shooting of 37-year-old Good, which has been seen by many as being in self-defense.
‘Is it toxic masculinity? A frail ego, a fear of people and low IQ all mixed up, like a disgusting cocktail? Red pill podcasts? Sprinkled with some absence of love from their parents in childhood? Seriously, what happened in their heads that lead those men (mind you!! I have yet to see a female agent!!!) down this path?’
She further complained that ICE agents have been ‘groomed by white supremacy and toxic masculinity.’
Larsson said the solution is to ‘teach little boys compassion and empathy, so they can grow up and view every person like a person.’
‘I didn’t know I was pregnant here but at least my baby got to hear ‘Midnight Sun’ before I aborted it,’ the fan wrote in the text overlay of the clip
Replying to the fan, Zara responded: ‘I killed the performance and then you killed it after the performance purrrrrr’
The singer said: the abortion joke, which is very funny by the way, I lost a $3million deal which is like what the f***. If you don’t agree with me about it then we are not meant to be partners’
The singer-songwriter also suggested that ‘the billionaire leaders are f**king drooling at the sight of society being this divided.’
‘We can change people. I believe that. I have to believe that. F**k ICE,’ she concluded.
Larsson became the latest left-leaning celebrity to denounce the shooting, joining almost every high-profile figure in the Democrat Party, comedian Jimmy Kimmel and NBA coach Steve Kerr.
A group of 156, mostly left-wing lawmakers have demanded accountability from ICE after Good’s death in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons.
They demanded ‘an immediate suspension of the current surge of federal officers and agents to Minneapolis and an investigation into this reprehensible event by an independent agency.’
‘We write to express our horror and outrage at the actions that have taken place under your command. This is not the first time your agents have used unnecessary force on civilians without provocation,’ the lawmakers wrote in a statement.
‘You have lost the faith and confidence of the American people.
‘We demand that you immediately suspend the current surge of federal officers and agents to Minneapolis and that you work with an independent agency to ensure transparency and accountability throughout the course of the investigation into this reprehensible event.’
Conservatives have largely seen the shooting as self-defense on Ross’ part.
Vice President JD Vance said that the newly-released footage of the Minnesota shooting proves Ross ‘fired in self-defense.’
The crystal-clear picture shot from Ross’ phone obtained by Minnesota outlet Alpha News illustrates the moments leading up to the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
The vice president wrote on X after seeing the footage: ‘Watch this, as hard as it is. Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman,’ he said.
‘The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self-defense.’
