{"id":531407,"date":"2021-05-20T22:36:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T02:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=531407"},"modified":"2021-05-20T22:36:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T02:36:05","slug":"radio-host-walks-off-own-show-after-being-told-to-back-off-criticizing-non-binary-demi-lovato-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radio-host-walks-off-own-show-after-being-told-to-back-off-criticizing-non-binary-demi-lovato-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Host Walks Off Own Show After Being Told To Back Off Criticizing \u2018Non-Binary\u2019 Demi Lovato: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fradio-host-walks-off-own-show-after-being-told-to-back-off-criticizing-non-binary-demi-lovato-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=531407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1308555601.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A local Boston radio host walked off his own morning show Tuesday after management reportedly instructed him to ease up on his criticism of singer Demi Lovato\u2019s non-binary identity.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Siegel, host of \u201cMatty in the Morning\u201d on Boston\u2019s Kiss 108, told his audience, \u201cI am the biggest of all time, and they said, \u2018Shut up, Matt! Stop talking.\u2019 Well, I hope you\u2019re happy, because I just stopped talking. Matty out,\u201d&nbsp;according to <a href=\"https:\/\/boston.cbslocal.com\/2021\/05\/19\/matty-in-the-morning-kiss-108-matt-siegel-demi-lovato\/?fbclid=IwAR0hzYEYgCAIyKt_l8q5amNC8D0-H8XVWCtn2AldXxE-Zy96DD0441F3gBo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8604651162791\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Matty, out\u2019: Audio clip of Matt Siegel (Matty in the Morning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kiss108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Kiss108<\/a> apparently quitting live on the air this morning (via Kevin Doyle) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YToNubWkJr\">pic.twitter.com\/YToNubWkJr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Saccone (@mikesacconetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikesacconetv\/status\/1395029758619131908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite speculation that he had quit his long-running radio show, Siegel told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/culture\/media\/2021\/05\/19\/kiss-108-matty-in-the-morning-matt-siegel-demi-lovato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston.com<\/a> he believed \u201ccooler heads will prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m against her binary thing; I think she\u2019s a troubled woman, and a lot of young people are taking her seriously, and it bothers me,\u201d Siegel said. \u201cBut of course, it\u2019s a comedy show, so I did it in the context of jokes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were having fun with it, and my boss called up and said that I\u2019d crossed the line and they didn\u2019t want me talking about it anymore,\u201d he went on. \u201cI responded by saying, \u2018If I can\u2019t talk about what I\u2019m thinking at this point in my career, I don\u2019t want to be on the radio anymore.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no ill feeling between me and my boss or me and my company, none,\u201d Siegel said. \u201cThey\u2019re doing their jobs. I get it. They got a lot of heat this morning, people complaining about things I said on the air. He doesn\u2019t want me to be fired. His heart was in the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Siegel also explained that he faced pressure from higher-ups before over his commentary on former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did a whole thing talking about Trump, and then I got heat on that \u2014 \u2018Half our listeners are Republicans, what are you doing, you\u2019re gonna lose all our male listeners\u2019 \u2014 so I stopped,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I stopped talking about Trump, and today I\u2019m \u2018anti-woke.\u2019 You know the expression, \u2018The guy standing in the middle of the road gets hit by cars going both ways?\u2019 That\u2019s what happened to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lovato <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nonbinary-demi-lovato-officially-changes-pronouns-i-came-into-my-truth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> earlier this week she\u2019s officially changing her pronouns to \u201cthey\/them\u201d and identifying as \u201cnonbinary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Today is a day I\u2019m so happy to share more of my life with you all- I am proud to let you know that I identify as non-binary &amp; will officially be changing my pronouns to they\/them moving forward,\u201d Lovato wrote on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has come after a lot of healing &amp; self-reflective work. I\u2019m still learning &amp; coming into myself, &amp; I don\u2019t claim to be an expert or a spokesperson.&nbsp;Sharing this with you now opens another level of vulnerability for me,\u201d Lovato continued. \u201cI\u2019m doing this for those out there that haven\u2019t been able to share who they truly are with their loved ones. Please keep living in your truths &amp; know I am sending so much love your way xox.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/im-so-fluid-now-demi-lovato-says-shes-pansexual-attracted-to-anything-really\">\u2018I\u2019m So Fluid Now\u2019: Demi Lovato Says She\u2019s \u2018Pansexual,\u2019 Attracted To \u2018Anything,&nbsp;Really\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/demi-lovato-comes-out-against-gender-reveal-parties-there-are-boys-with-vaginas-and-girls-with-penises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Demi Lovato Comes Out Against Gender Reveal Parties: \u2018There Are Boys With Vaginas And Girls With Penises\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local Boston radio host walked off his own morning show Tuesday after management reportedly instructed him to ease up on his criticism of singer Demi Lovato\u2019s non-binary identity.Matt Siegel, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312544,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1308555601.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Radio Host Walks Off Own Show After Being Told To Back Off Criticizing \u2018Non-Binary\u2019 Demi Lovato: Report","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-531407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1308555601.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Radio Host Walks Off Own Show After Being Told To Back Off Criticizing \u2018Non-Binary\u2019 Demi Lovato: Report","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}