Parkland school safety and gun control advocate Emma Gonzalez is calling out Madonna for her latest music video titled “God Control.”
The provocative queen of pop and controversy makes a statement about gun violence in the video which shows her and other club goers being gunned down with an assault weapon.
“The story you are about to see is very disturbing. It shows graphic scenes of gun violence,” reads a statement in the video’s opening.
But the music video immediately calls to mind the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando where 49 people were killed June 12, 2016.
During the weekend, Gonzalez, a 2018 graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High where 17 people were killed by gun fire last year, took to social media to share her disapproval of the video.
She posted, “Madonna’s new video for her song #GodControl was f——- up, it was horrible.”
Gonzalez, who now attends college, added that Madonna “should have sent out a message warning what her new video contained, ESPECIALLY to the Pulse Victims, ESPECIALLY as it was released Just After the Anniversary on June 12th.”
Gonzalez went on to share, “This is NOT the correct way to talk about gun violence, unlike how many fans have been exclaiming — people who have been working in the GVP (gun violence prevention) community know how to talk about gun violence, not most celebrities #GodControl.”
Madonna did post a statement on the YouTube page of the video that reads, “This is your wake up call. Gun violence disproportionately affects children, teenagers and the marginalized in our communities..” She called for people to “Honor the victims and demand GUN CONTROL. NOW. Volunteer, stand up, donate, reach out. Wake up and insist on common-sense gun safety legislation. Innocent lives depend on it.”
The former Miami resident also listed 11 organizations to support including March For Our Lives, which Gonzalez and fellow Stoneman Douglas students and alumni co-founded last year.
It’s not the first time Madonna and Gonzalez have been in the news together.
In May, Madonna released another music video called “I Rise” which sampled Gonzalez’s voice from her spirited speech at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale. Gonzalez made the speech in the days after the Feb. 14 shooting at her high school where 17 classmates and faculty members were killed last year.
In the music video, fans hear Gonzalez declaring, “Us kids don’t know what we’re talking about, that we’re too young to understand how the government works. We call BS.” Both music videos are from Madonna’s newest album, “Madame X.”
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