1 of 2 Lana Del Rey technical team member says cellphone was stolen and curses Brazilians Photo: Reproduction/Instagram Lana Del Rey technical team member says cellphone was stolen and curses Brazilians Photo: Reproduction/Instagram Reproduction/Instagram
Will Whitney, who is part of the technical team on Lana Del Rey’s tour, says his cell phone was stolen while traveling across the country. In his post on social networks, the sound engineer not only reported about the theft, but also insulted the Brazilians.
In a May 28 Instagram post, Will Whitney wrote:
“I just had my phone stolen by a piece of shit on a motorcycle. Fuck this whole country. You don’t deserve live music. I can’t wait to get home.” He even used the hashtags “Fuck Brazil,” “Human Trash,” and “Shit Hole” in the post.
Although the post was closed for comments, Brazilian netizens slammed Whitney’s other publications, criticizing him for the news and accusing him of xenophobia. He deleted the post early Wednesday afternoon (31).
Will Whitney did not initially share the city where he was robbed, but did give the location of the Jockey Club in Rio de Janeiro, where Lana performed at the MITA festival on Saturday (27).
searched by g1The festival reported: “We learned it was stolen on a personal tour of Rio. It wasn’t at the event.”
This Saturday (3) Lana Del Rey will be performing in São Paulo, also at the MITA festival.
2 of 2 Lana Del Rey’s audio engineer is stolen in Rio and curses the country Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/Will Whitney Lana Del Rey’s audio engineer is stolen in Rio and curses the country Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/Will Whitney