David Crosby Called ‘Unkind Schmuck’ For Insulting Fan Artwork
David Crosby has received backlash on Twitter after sharing his honest opinion on an artwork featuring his likeness that a fan shared with him in a post.
On July 16, a fan posted their best wishes for the Crosby, Stills & Nash co-founding member and thanked him for his music with a painting attached in Crosby’s profile. “Hi [David Crosby,] Hope you are doing well,” DJB Sackett wrote on Twitter. “I took a picture of you. Thanks for the music.
In response to the painting, Crosby tweeted Back to Sackett: “This is the strangest painting of me I have ever seen. Don’t quit your daily job.
Following Crosby’s response, the musician received backlash from people rallying behind the fan and his art, sharing their own suggestions for Crosby. “That’s the weirdest reaction to a fan trying to do something good that I’ve ever seen,” one person tweeted. “Don’t quit your day job, David Crosby… but maybe stop being a mean asshole on Twitter.”
Another person tweeted“David Crosby’s shitty attitude towards a fan who took the time to create a piece of fan art highlights a very real problem, one that many people in positions similar to him don’t care to hurt. others. Don’t let a decrepit voice like his keep you from sharing your authentic self.
Lynda Carter, famous performer wonder woman on TV in the 1970s, and most recently starred as Asteria in the 2021 Wonder Woman 1984even weighed.
“Life is too short to be mean to strangers online” said Carter in his post. “Go out and look at some trees.”
A fan replied to Carter and suggested that Crosby watch some wonder woman reruns or “anything that makes you happy that doesn’t involve hate or fan control”, and Carter added that was “a good option as well”.
Sackett, who rarely paints musicians, is attracting new fans and followers following his Twitter correspondence with Crosby and has shared some of his other original pieces, which he painted in a cartoonish style similar to Crosby’s, including John Lennon of the Beatles. and Paul McCartney and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
“After yesterday’s somewhat heated discussion about subjectivity in art appreciation,” the artist said in a tweet, “I would just like to thank all new subscribers and those who took the time to leave comments. Best wishes.”
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