Singer John Legend was slammed on Tuesday after footage emerged of him calling Donald Trump a white supremacist.
A lifelong liberal, Legend – along with wife Chrissy Teigen – has called Trump a ‘dyed in the wool racist’ with Trump describing him as a ‘boring musician’ and Teigen as ‘filthy-mouthed’ for calling him a ‘p***y-a** b****’ in 2019.
Now, a clip of The Voice judge speaking at The Fifteen Percent Pledge’s 15th Street Block Party in Hollywood in February has surfaced with Legend again going all in on his distaste for the president.
‘America made a decision that I strongly disagree with and it seems that we are reaping the whirlwind right now,’ Legend said of Trump’s victory.
He described Trump as ‘a terrible leader, especially in a crisis’ and accused Trump of, weeks into his second term, ‘blaming,’ ‘dividing’ and ‘misinforming people.’
Legend – real name John Roger Stephens – said Trump should have been ‘bringing people together’ instead.
The moderator than asked why Trump has ‘latched on to diversity so much’ in front of a marquee that read ‘DEI is more than just a headline.’
‘Well, he’s a bigot. It’s a belief that there’s a hierarchy of racial groups and that his group is superior, genetically superior,’ Legend said to applause from the crowd.
John Legend (pictured) spent part of an event defending DEI and promoting black businesses calling Donald Trump a ‘white supremacist’ as the singer continued is long-running feud with the president
Aclip of Legend speaking at The Fifteen Percent Pledge’s 15th Street Block Party in Hollywood in February has surfaced with Legend again going all in on his distaste for the president (pictured)
‘He believes that. Whenever he talks about competence and qualifications, any white man will do for him!’
Legend then compared and contrasted Joe Biden’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and current head of the Pentagon Pete Hegseth.
‘He was a four-star generally, supremely qualified black man and then see who he put after him!’
Legend added: ‘That’s the level of bigotry that he has – any white man is better than that.’
MAGA supporters came to the president’s defense on social media, with one writing: ‘Trump should sue. Stop letting this slide.’
‘All this division is sad,’ wrote another.
One pointed out Legend’s hypocrisy, writing: ‘Only a Democrat could claim ‘Trump is divisive’ in one breath & say ‘MAGA is white supremacist’ in the next.’ ]
‘If President Trump ever said anything like this, it would be played by legacy media on repeat. This is projection 101; John Legend is the divisive racist,’ said one more Trump fan.
Legend compared and contrasted Joe Biden’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and current head of the Pentagon Pete Hegseth (pictured)
Another mocked Legend’s stage name: ‘The douche changed his last name to Legend so he clearly believes he is superior to everybody.’
DailyMail.com has reached out to the White House for comment.
Legend, 45 and his wife, model and author Chrissy Teigen, have long professed their disdain for Trump, with the ex-Commander-in-Chief even sniping back once.
Speaking with former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki last April, the ‘All of You’ singer continued his oft-repeated claims that Trump holds racial prejudices when asked about Trump’s complaints about the US justice system.
‘He’s made it clear throughout his life that Black people are inferior, he believes that to his core, in his bones… but also when you hear some of the stray comments he makes, he clearly believes in a genetic hierarchy of humanity and is racially determined, so he is a tried and true, dyed-in-the-wool racist,’ Legend said.
Legend believes this cancels out any benefit the black community may have had under Trump’s rule.
‘I don’t want to hear what he says to say about what he’s done for black people,’ Legend said. ‘He’s done very little for us and he is at his core, truly, truly a racist.’
Legend was discussing his efforts to push for criminal justice reform and said Trump is, in a way, correct that the justice system is unfair.
Legend (pictured left) and his wife Chrissy Teigen (pictured right) have long been ardently anti-Trump
Most recently, Legend (pictured) defended Haitian migrants moving into his hometown of Springfield, Ohio amid Trump claiming they were eating dogs and cats
‘There is a two-tiered justice system, but not in the way that he thinks. He’s the beneficiary, absolutely … the fact that he’s out in the world, that’s not normal for a lot of people.’
‘He’s gotten away with a lot for a long time, he’s been a fraudster for a long time, he’s been cheating people for a long time, he’s been lying for a long time and he’s actually been litigating for a long time,’ he added.
Legend – born John Roger Stephens – has been speaking out against Trump since he began running for public office.
His belief that Trump is a racist dates at least to 2016, when he feuded with Trump’s son Don Jr, whom the singer was classmates at the University of Pennsylvania.
The singer even said that he ended his friendship with rapper Ye – formerly Kanye West – over his support of the ex-president.
Legend even went as far as to once call Trump ‘a flaming racist. He’s a piece of sh**.’
He and wife Teigen were one of many celebrities who swore they’d leave America if Trump won in 2020.
Perhaps most bizarrely, the couple’s feud with Trump made its way into the ‘Twitter files,’ a series of reveals regarding liberal bias on the social media platform now known as X.
Trump had referenced the model in his own 2019 tweet, where he tagged her husband, musician, John Legend and referenced his ‘filthy mouthed wife.’
That prompted Teigen to respond online: ‘lol what a p**** a** b****’ – in a comment the official said the White House wanted removed.
More recently, Legend defended Haitian migrants moving into his hometown of Springfield, Ohio amid Trump claiming they were eating dogs and cats.
