Just when we thought the world couldn’t get any weirder in 2020, US pop star Miley Cyrus called out our own Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Twitter. In the tweet, praised Ireland for their support with the Black Lives Matter movement, and directly appealed to Leo Varadkar along with other leaders who could be doing far more.
At the time, Miley also tweeted the Italian, Spanish and Dutch Prime Ministers.
All across Ireland 🇮🇪 citizens joined in solidarity with Black Lives Matter in the US. We must stay united with the world to tackle #COVID19 and the racial injustice of health inequalities. Please join us, PM @LeoVaradkar? #GlobalGoalUnite⭕
— Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) June 12, 2020
Now, Leo Varadkar has responded to the surprise tweet.
Speaking to the Sunday World, he said “I welcome Miley, or indeed anyone, reaching out to me. We don’t have any data on whether Covid has affected black and minority ethnic group people more than white people in Ireland the way it has in America and Britain. We need to find out.”
He then continued, “the information we have is that Covid has affected affluent households in Ireland more than disadvantaged ones which is very different to America and Britain. Black Lives Matter.”
