This story has been updated to include a statement from Dua Lipa and WME.<\/p>\n
According to U.K. tabloid the Daily Mail, Dua Lipa has fired her European agent David Levy for signing a letter urging the Glastonbury festival to ban Irish trio Kneecap. The letter, which took issue with Kneecap\u2019s advocacy for Palestine, was reportedly sent ahead of the festival and signed by \u201ctop agents from major live music agencies,\u201d per <\/a>The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cThe fact that the letter was leaked changes things,\u201d Kneecap\u2019s Mo Chara<\/a> said to the outlet at the time. \u201cAnd I hope that these people regret it. I think they\u2019re already starting to.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDua made sure through her people that David Levy wasn\u2019t working on her music any more. She is very openly pro-Palestine and that doesn\u2019t align with David,\u201d a source told the<\/a>\u00a0Daily Mail<\/a>. \u201cShe views him as being a supporter of Israel\u2019s war in Gaza, and the terrible treatment of the Palestinians and that was made very clear through the letter that he signed and sent to Michael Eavis.\u201d Representatives for Lipa did not immediately respond to The A.V. Club\u2018s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n There has been a growing<\/a> a growing number of high-profile entertainment industry professionals expressing their support<\/a> for Palestine. But Lipa\u2019s advocacy<\/a> began well before the October 7 terrorist attack that drew international attention to Gaza. In 2021, she (and sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid) were the subject of a full-page ad in The New York Times accusing her of antisemitism because of it. \u201cI utterly reject the false and appalling allegations that were published today in The New York Times advertisement taken out by the World Values Network,\u201d she wrote in a statement<\/a> at the time. \u201cThis is the price you pay for defending Palestinian human rights against an Israeli government whose actions in Palestine both Human Rights Watch and the Israeli human rights group B\u2019Tselem accuse of persecution and discrimination.\u201d More recently, the pop star has denounced \u201cthe Israeli genocide\u201d<\/a> and called for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n Saturday Night Live recap: Go Dua Lipa, give us something!<\/a>Seth Meyers risks ruining his home life by day drinking with Dua Lipa<\/a><\/p>\n UPDATE: Dua Lipa and management company WME have both denied\u00a0The Daily Mail\u2018s report. In a statement posted to social media, Lipa wrote:<\/p>\n \u201cI do not condone the actions of David Levy or other music executives toward an artist speaking their truth. I also cannot ignore how this has been handled in the press. Not only was the story completely false, but the language used has been deliberately inflammatory, crafted purely for clickbait, clearly to fuel online division. It is always Free Palestine but exploiting a global tragedy in order to sell newspapers is something I find deeply troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n