Singer
Bryan
Adams
has
apologised
for
his
social
media
rant
blaming
wet
market
vendors
for
the
coronavirus
pandemic,
after
his
post
was
criticised
for
being
racist
by
people,
including
actor
Simu
Liu.
Adams,
in
his
defense,
on
Monday
said
he
wanted
to
call
attention
to
the
animal
cruelty
taking
place
in
China's
wet
markets.
In
an
expletive-laden
Instagram
post
on
Sunday,
the
Canadian
musician
hit
out
at
"some
f******
bat
eating" people
for
bringing
the
world
to
a
halt
with
the
spread
of
the
novel
virus,
including
the
cancellation
of
his
concerts
in
the
UK's
Royal
Albert
Hall.
He
also
urged
people
around
the
world
to
"go
vegan".
Liu,
who
immigrated
from
China
to
Canada
when
he
was
five,
shared
a
screenshot
of
Adams'
post
on
Twitter,
saying
that
such
posts
enable
acts
of
"hate
and
racism" on
social
media.
"It
is
not
my
intention
to
go
at'
or
cancel'
anyone,
but
to
identify
posts
like
this
that
condone
and
enable
acts
of
hate
and
racism.
It
runs
counter
to
everything
I
love
about
Canada.
I
hope
Bryan
does
better
for
the
millions
who
look
up
to
him
like
I
do," he
wrote
in
the
caption,
along
with
the
hashtag
#BummerOf69.
Canadian
Inuit
throat
singer
Tanya
Tagaq
lashed
out
at
the
"Summer
of
'69"
hitmaker.
"Bryan
Adams
can
s***
my
bat,"
she
tweeted.
The
novel
virus
originated
in
China's
Wuhan
in
December,
and
some
early
reports
suggested
that
wet
markets
in
the
city
were
the
original
source
of
coronavirus.
However,
there
is
no
confirmation
about
the
link
between
COVID-19
and
the
Wuhan
wet
markets.
Adams,
60,
apologised
to
all
those
offended
by
his
"rant".
"Apologies
to
any
and
all
that
took
offence
to
my
posting
yesterday.
No
excuse,
I
just
wanted
to
have
a
rant
about
the
horrible
animal
cruelty
in
these
wet-markets
being
the
possible
source
of
the
virus,
and
promote
veganism,"
he
said
in
a
new
Instagram
post.
"I
have
love
for
all
people
and
my
thoughts
are
with
everyone
dealing
with
this
pandemic
around
the
world,"
he
wrote
alongside
hashtags
like
#covid19
#banwetmarkets
#govegan.