Carlos Santana declared “a woman is a woman and a man is a man” during a recent concert, drawing ire and praise from music fans.
“When God made you and me — before we came out of the womb, you know who you are and what you are,” Santana told attendees at one of his recent concerts. “Later on, when you grow out of it, you see things, and you start believing that you could be something that sounds good, but you know it ain’t right.”
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Carlos Santana goes on anti-trans rant during New Jersey concert:
“When God made you and me, before we came out of the womb, you know who you are and what you are… a woman is a woman and a man is a man.” pic.twitter.com/fss8d4qukK
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“Because a woman is a woman and a man is a man. That’s it,” he continued as the crowd cheered. “Whatever you wanna do in the closet, that’s your business. I’m OK with that.”
The “Oye Como Va” singer reportedly made the remarks, which many criticized as anti-transgender, during a concert in Atlantic City in July.
The video was shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday and went viral, garnering more than 800,000 views in around two hours.
“Such a legendary artist having to spread this hate for what,” one social media user wrote.
“He’s over … well he actually never started,” a post read.
Still others praised Santana for not giving in to woke culture: “So relieved he didn’t fall into the woke crap. Legend.”
“He isn’t wrong,” a user posted in response to the video.
“He is preaching truth and nothing less than that, you know what you are naturally,” another wrote. “So spare me all this identity theft, you all are doing.”
In the video, Santana shared his stance of solidarity with comedian Dave Chapelle, who has also faced criticism over anti-transgender comments in the past.
“Like this with my brother Dave Chappelle,” Santana said, placing one hand in line with the other.
Since making the comments during his concert, Santana told Billboard that he desires to “honor and respect all person’s ideals and beliefs whether they are LGBTQ or not. This is the planet of free will and we have all been given this gift.”
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Alice Cooper also recently told Stereogum: “I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad.”
“I find it wrong when you’ve got a six-year-old kid who has no idea,” Cooper said. “He just wants to play, and you’re confusing him telling him, ‘Yeah, you’re a boy, but you could be a girl if you want to be.’”
