Adele's Tearful Tribute To Orlando Shooting Victims Is Truly Heartbreaking
"The LGBTQ community, they're like my soul mates since I was really young, so I'm very moved by it."
During the early hours of June 12, a gunman who pledged allegiance to ISIS entered Orlando's largest gay nightclub, Pulse, and killed 49 people while injuring 53. It is the deadliest massacre in recent U.S. history and the second deadliest mass shooting in the world. This tragedy is not just an act of terror as the President claims, but it's also a hate crime targeting the LGBTQIA+ community, and a rude awakening on America's growing gun control problem. Whether it's a nightclub, a school, a college campus or a shopping mall, it seems like nowhere is a safe space anymore. This tragedy is not only devastating, but it also reminds us that it's time for America to wake up and take action.
Many celebrities have spoken out on the incident and voiced their concerns to their millions of fans and followers about the heartbreaking reality of this tragedy. Celebs took to Twitter to reveal how "horrified" and "stunned" they are, while others spoke to their fans directly on how saddening this is. Adele's tribute during her concert last night was especially heart-wrenching. The singer who inspires millions everyday through her music and stays strong for all of us, broke down in front of her fans and shared the great impact this had on her.
Adele broke down in tears during her concert on June 12, dedicating her whole show to the Orlando victims.
"I would like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in Orlando and at Pulse nightclub last night," Adele told the audience. "The LGBTQ community, they're like my soul mates since I was really young so I m very moved by it. I don't know why I'm crying already because most of this tonight is pretty miserable because my songs are fucking miserable. I do have two songs that sound happy, but they're not."
Florence and the Machine also observed a moment of silence at their concert in Chicago to pay tribute to the shooting victims.
The 2016 Tony Awards also honored victims, and James Corden gave a powerful opening dedicated to victims.
"Your tragedy is our tragedy and hate will never win," James said. "Together we have to make sure of that."
Celebrities also took to social media to weigh in on the tragedy.
Prominent LGBT icons also paid tribute to their deceased "brothers and sisters."
Our thoughts go out to everyone involved in the Orlando tragedy. We now need to take our heavy hearts and do something about it, so this kind of violence doesn't keep happening. Here's what you can do right now to get involved and hopefully put an end to these nightmares of violence and hate in our country.