Black Eyed Peas Wear Rainbow Armbands During NYE Poland Show

The Black Eyed Peas revealed uniformity with the LGBT neighborhood to ring in the brand-new year — doing so on Polish area … and on a state-sanctioned television channel, no less.

The music group was employed as the headlining gig for TVP’s “New Year’s of Dreams” show, and when they lastly struck the phase … all 4 members came out using rainbow armbands. It appears they kept them on for an excellent while, too, as they went through their set.

Of course, that triggered outrage amongst Poland’s Law and Justice Party (PiS), which is in power at the minute — and which has actually handled extremely strong anti-LGBT views and policies … dripping throughout much of the nation and welcomed by a number of residents also.

One such member of PiS, Marcin Warchol, revealed his indignation at the BEP’s devices, composing … “LGBT promotion in TVP2 . DISGRACE! It’s not a New Year’s Eve of Dreams but a New Year’s Eve of Deviance.”

The amusing thing is that TVP is, basically, a state broadcaster — they routinely air programs that lines up with PiS … and the Black Eyed Peas were probably employed by somebody working there/with ties to the ruling celebration. So … this is kinda on them.

Will.i.am captured wind of the reaction and reacted, composing … “#WHEREStheLOVE??? Unity, tolerance, understanding, oneness, respect, diversity & inclusion…THATS LOVE…people are people & we should all practice to honor & love all the different types of people on earth & learn from them…I LOVE YOU your country…”

He additional dealt with the matter on video, publishing a clip of himself speaking about why they did what they did — and all of it boils down to attempting to reach individuals who do not agree.