NBC’s Today show reported Friday that Knight wrestled with whether to join a boycott over the NFL’s treatment of Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback who protested racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem. I pray that this National Anthem will bring us all together in a way never before witnessed and we can move forward and untangle these truths which mean so much to all of us. ATLANTA (AP) Gladys Knight says her singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl will bring people together. No matter who chooses to deflect with this narrative and continue to mix these two in the same message, it is not so and cannot be made so by anyone speaking it. (Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images) She ended by saying, No matter who chooses to deflect with. 3 to give the Anthem back its voice, to stand for that historic choice of words, the way it unites us when we hear it and to free it from the same prejudices and struggles I have fought long and hard for all my life, from walking back hallways, from marching with our social leaders, from using my voice for good - I have been in the forefront of this battle longer than most of those voicing their opinions to win the right to sing our country’s Anthem on a stage as large as the Super Bowl LIII. Gladys Knight is addressing the backlash over her singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. It is unfortunate that our National Anthem has been dragged into this debate when the distinctive senses of the National Anthem and fighting for justice should each stand alone. The soul singer has faced criticism since the announcement, because of. After Christina Aguilera's 2011 performance, prop bets for the. Kaepernick is protesting two things and they are police violence and injustice. Gladys Knight has spoken out in defence of her decision to sing the US national anthem at next month's NFL Super Bowl. The over-under for Gladys Knight's rendition of the national anthem before Super Bowl 53 was set at 1 minute, 45 seconds by Bovada.
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