Dua Lipa Denies Rumors She Will Perform In Qatar For World Cup Opening Ceremony
Dua Lipa wants you to know that she has no intention of performing in Qatar at the moment.
The 27-year-old “Don’t Start Now” superstar took to her Instagram story to address the rumor that she will perform at the opening ceremony of the World Cup, which is taking place in Qatar.
And though she will be cheering on the English team “from afar,” the singer said she looks forward to visiting Qatar when it has “fulfilled all of its human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host” the international men’s soccer tourney that begins on Nov. 20.
There is currently a lot of speculation that I will be performing at the opening ceremony of the world cup in Qatar,” she wrote. “I will not be performing and nor have I ever been involved in any negotiation to perform.”
“I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host the World Cup,” she added.
Controversy has swirled around Qatar’s bid to host one of the world’s most-watched sporting events given the country’s treatment of migrant workers and criminalization of same-sex relationships. There have been ongoing concerns about the reported use of forced labor and the abuse of migrant workers in the first Middle Eastern nation to host the tournament, including reports that more than 6,500 migrant laborers from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar while building structures for the games.
