Pop star John Legend has urged those in his home city of Springfield, Ohio, to embrace the many “challenges” of a huge “influx of Haitian immigrants” — while insisting that local pets are safe from ending up on dinner tables.
“You may have heard of Springfield, Ohio, this week,” Legend, 45, said in a lengthy Instagram video on Thursday, noting how his hometown had been “discussed by our presidential candidates” at the previous night’s debate.
“Nobody’s eating cats. Nobody’s eating dogs,” the two-time Emmy Award-winning singer insisted, bluntly dismissing the now-viral claims shared by former President Donald Trump.
“How about we love another?” he asked, calling himself by his real name, “John R. Stevens from Springfield.”
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