Britney Spears has spoken up following Sunday’s massacre in Orlando that left 49 dead and 53 injured at a popular gay nightclub.
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At 2 a.m. on Sunday a heavily armed gunman opened fire and began taking hostages at the popular central Florida gay bar Pulse, marking the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
The pop star posted to Instagram and Facebook on Monday (June 12) that she has been searching for words since then and that this is an attack on all of us.
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“I have not been able to find words to express how I feel about what happened in Orlando. Music and dance take me to a wonderful, happy, safe place… and for this to happen in a place where people enjoy those things makes me so sad,” she wrote. “This has to stop. We need to accept and love people for who they are. This is truly an attack against all of us, and I’m praying that we can join together and find a solution.
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