Yahoo News Outrage as Milo Yiannopoulos criticises Ariana Grande for being 'pro-Islam' after Manchester attack
Milo Yiannopoulos, the ultra-conservative British media personality in the US, has prompted outrage on social media after he criticised singer Ariana Grande for being "pro-Islam", less than a day after a terror attack at her Manchester concert.
The former Breitbart editor, who is a prominent figure of America's "alt-right" movement, attacked the singer in a series of posts on Facebook after at least 22 people died in a suicide bombing in the Manchester Arena on Monday night.
"Sadly, Ariana Grande is too stupid to wise up and warn her European fans about the real threats to their freedom and their lives," the 32-year-old wrote.
"She will remain ferociously pro-immigrant, pro-Islam and anti-America. Makes you wonder whether they bombed to attack her or in solidarity."
The US singer has said she is "broken" following the deadly terror attack on her concert, adding: "From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry."
Yiannopoulos later added: "When will Ariana Grande stop feeling sorry for herself and condemn Islamic terror?"
Funanya Okeke wrote that Yiannopoulos and his supporters were "selfishly using terror attacks as propaganda for their own negative political cause".
"She's an entertainer and she entertains children," wrote Gary Buckman. "Take a chill pill and post about the lives lost as opposed to assigning blame to the poor girl."
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Chris Williams wrote: "Innocent people died, many others were wounded. But it's far more important that we attack a 20-year-old's ideology so we can justify our own."
Grande became the target of anger by a number of far-right Internet users after she was caught on camera in July 2015 licking doughnuts in a bakery and saying "I hate Americans" and "I hate America".
Grande insists that the remarks were taken out of context and later said she is "extremely proud to be an American".
She said she was simply "upset by how freely we as Americans eat and consume things without giving any thought to the consequences that it has on our health and society as a whole."
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