Pop diva Cher caused controversy yesterday when she told her almost two million Twitter followers that she does not celebrate Thanksgiving.
Cher, 67, told a fan that she believes Thanksgiving is a holiday that glorifies ‘a great crime.’
She went on to say the day celebrates stealing land from Native Americans who had no concept of property or land ownership and purposely giving them smallpox.
2 My Crew��I Hope Tomm.is a Glorious day 4 ALL OF U✨ Remember..A Kind Word,Gesture,Or Compliment,can make ANY1’S DAY! THANX4BeingThere4Me��
— Cher (@cher) November 28, 2013
The revelation began with an expression of gratitude when Cher tweeted, ‘2 My Crew… I Hope Tomm.is a Glorious day 4 ALL OF U Remember.. A Kind Word, Gesture, Or Compliment can make ANY1′s DAY! THANX4BeingThere4Me.’
A Twitter follower then tweeted, ‘@Cher you don’t celebrate the holiday I thought? Or was that something I was just told?’
She responded, emphatically, that she doesn’t.
‘I DON’T !’ tweeted Cher, explaining that it’s a day when she can share a meal with her family and watch a movie.
‘Not 2 celebrate the beginning of a GREAT Crime,’ she tweeted.
.@slivingston7 I DON’T ! 4 me & my Family,it’s a day,When every1 is free 4Diner & a movie,Not 2 celebrate the beginning of a GREAT Crime��
