Juno Honors 2023: Avril Lavigne confronts partially nude protester onstage while The Weeknd wins big
Avril Lavigne faced a topless ecological militant onstage at the Juno Awards, the Canadian matching of the Brits.
As the singer introduced an efficiency at the start of Monday's ceremony, a lady ran onto the phase behind her.A message on her back read "conserve the environment-friendly belt", evidently of a questionable housing development plan by the Ontario government.
Lavigne tried to complete her speech prior to confronting the woman." Obtain the [expletive] off," she said and whacked at her bust, reported Canada's CBC Information. The female was after that accompanied off phase by a safety and security guard.
The pop-rocker mentioned the trespasser in her later acceptance speech." Currently, no one attempt anything this time around. I'll [mess a lady] up," joked Lavigne, while collecting the TikTok Juno fan selection award.
Avril Lavigne had to take care of a partially nude ecological militant while onstage at Monday's Juno Honors The ceremony's host, Shang-Chi star Simu Liu commended Lavigne, that is from Ontario, for" dealing with that topless woman like a champ". In November, the Ontario government released brand-new guidelines to eliminate 7,400 acres of safeguarded Greenbelt land and also open it up for real estate, with 50,000 brand-new houses set to be constructed by 2025.
The relocation, which has been criticised by environmental groups, is under examination by the province's auditor general as well as stability commissioner.
The Weeknd ' s strikes include I Can't Feeling My Face, Starboy and also Blinding Lights Elsewhere on the night, Toronto singer The Weeknd became the Juno ' s 2nd most-honoured artist of all time.
The star won album of the year for Dawn FM- an idea document set in purgatory -earning him his 22nd Juno award, surpassing Celine Dion as well as Bryan Adams.Only country-pop singer Anne Murray has more, with 24. The musician, whose genuine name is Abel Tesfaye, did not go to the occasion, and also his absence supposedly motivated jeers from the crowd at the Rogers Place place in Edmonton, Alberta.
Meanwhile, rock band Nickelback, whose diva Chad Kroeger utilized to be wed to Lavigne, were sworn in right into the Canadian Music Hall of Popularity at the event.