"Was blinded by conspiracy stories": Xavier Naidoo shows remorse in an apology video

Created: 04/20/2022, 10:10 am

By: Jonas Erbas

In recent years, Xavier Naidoo has repeatedly attracted attention with hair-raising conspiracy theories, denied Corona and made right-wing populist statements.

Now the soul and R&B singer has apparently made a change of heart.

In a video he apologizes for his behavior.

Mannheim – Xavier Naidoo (50; all news about soul and R&B singer Xavier Naidoo at a glance) has rarely held back with his opinion in recent years: the son of Mannheim musicians have repeatedly been said to have homophobic, anti-Semitic and racist tendencies , which he himself gradually represented in part quite openly.

But that should now be over – in a video, the 50-year-old suddenly shows himself to be clear, as tz.de* reports.

Xavier Naidoo breaks away from conspiracy theories – apology video revises statements

No one saw this change of heart coming: For Xavier Naidoo, no conspiracy theory seemed too absurd in recent years - the earth is flat, the 50-year-old suspected, who appeared in particular as a corona denier from 2020 and recently fantasized about the COVID-19 vaccination turn humans into undead.

The zombie apocalypse didn't materialize, instead the soul and R&B singer now shows remorse.

In a three-minute video, which the former “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” juror shared on Wednesday night, he apologized for his statements.

"I recognized the wrong paths I was on," the Mannheim native revised his crude theories.

"I was blinded by conspiracy stories and didn't question them enough, I let myself be exploited in part," said Xavier Naidoo openly in his apology video © Screenshot/YouTube/Xavier Naidoo

"Was blinded by conspiracy stories": Xavier Naidoo shows remorse in an apology video

In the clip, which Xavier Naidoo titled #OneLove, the 50-year-old was purified: "I realized that I was my family, my friends, my fans, people who defended me, but also many other people irritated and provoked me with disturbing statements, for which I would like to apologize," the apology video said, among other things.

Which of his numerous statements the musician means exactly remained unclear.

"I was blinded by conspiracy stories and didn't question them enough, I let myself be exploited in part,"

continued Xavier Naidoo, who was even allowed to be called an anti-Semite after a court ruling.

In the search for the truth, he "ultimately got lost" and therefore "opened up to theories, perspectives and sometimes also groups", from which he now "distance and renounce without ifs and buts".

War in Ukraine shook up Xavier Naidoo – soul singer distances himself from conspiracy theories

At the beginning of the #OneLove video, Xavier Naidoo, whose wife is from Ukraine, gives the reason for his change of heart: the war in Europe "dismayed and shook him up", he "has family from this beautiful country (...). and get friends out”, “because there is fear and terror there”.

The apology from the number one musician, who has now broken with the right-wing circles that have sympathized with him for a long time, was correspondingly remorseful: “I stand for tolerance, diversity and peaceful coexistence.

Nationalism, racism, homophobia and anti-Semitism are not compatible with my values.

And I condemn them in the strongest possible terms. ”The 50-year-old finally asked for forgiveness for people whom he had hurt with his statements.

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The now apparently purified Xavier Naidoo should also see how real Corona really is in his “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” successor: Florian Silbereisen recently fell ill with COVID-19, had to isolate himself and was now talking about his time in quarantine.