{"id":336915,"date":"2025-12-10T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336915\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:01:09","slug":"gwen-stefani-criticized-for-promoting-hallow-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/336915\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwen Stefani Criticized For Promoting Hallow App"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tChristmas is a time for giving, and sharing. But one unexpected gift from Gwen Stefani<\/a>, some critics say, should come with a \u201creturn to sender\u201d tag.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe No Doubt<\/a>\u00a0singer is partnering with prayer app Hallow, a move that blindsided many of her decades-long fans.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn a sponsored post earlier this month, Stefani promoted the service which is said to enable its users to get closer to God, for a monthly or yearly payment plan.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is important this holiday season to spend time in prayer. That is what Christmas is all about: letting God into our hearts and letting Jesus bring us his peace,\u201d says Stefani, dressed in all-white and wearing a crucifix. \u201cDownload Hallow and join me and millions of others in praying every day this advent and Christmas season on Hallow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStefani captioned the \u201cpaid partnership\u201d post with the comment, \u201cThe season of Advent has always been a reminder to slow down, even when everything around us is moving so fast. It\u2019s such a special time to reflect, pray and make room in your heart for Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSince launching the promotion Dec. 2 on Instagram, Stefani\u2019s post has captured more than 19,000 likes, and almost 2,000 comments.<\/p>\n

\n\tMany are critical, none more so than \u201cA Bit Fruity\u201d podcast host\u00a0Matt Bernstein, who pointed out that Hallow costs $70 per year, includes prayers and meditations that carry anti-abortion messages, and has connections with Vice President JD Vance and conservative venture capitalist Peter Thiel.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s the most wonderful time of the year,\u201d says Bernstein, \u201caka when Gwen Stefani shills for the right-wing anti-abortion pay-to-pray app, Hallow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDescribing the service as a \u201cpay to pray\u201d app, Berstein says its creators have gone and recruited \u201ceveryone\u2019s favorite Hollaback Girl. More like Hallow App Girl.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tBerstein sounds off, \u201cif you\u2019re looking for God this season, you don\u2019t need to give these people $70 to find him. And Gwen Stefani, don\u2019t you have enough goddamn money already?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTheir post has accumulated almost 280,000 likes and 6,000 comments, including one from Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause, who wrote in the comments section: \u201cGwen-DON\u2019T SPEAK, a reference to No Doubt\u2019s 1996 hit. \u201cPlease take your own advice on this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe timing of Stefani\u2019s collaboration could prove to awkward. Stefani and No Doubt are reuniting for a residency<\/a> next year at the MSG-owned\u00a0Sphere<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Las Vegas<\/a>, As\u00a0previously reported<\/a>, an initial stretch of 12 shows were booked \u2014 and swiftly sold-out \u2014 for May 2026. \u00a0Another six have been added for next June, which are billed as \u201cfinal\u201d dates of the residency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christmas is a time for giving, and sharing. But one unexpected gift from Gwen Stefani, some critics say,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[58695,49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-336915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-bbnews","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}