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Dutch artist Joost Klein drops out of Eurovision 2025 after police investigation (metro.co.uk)

submitted 3 months ago by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/eurovision@lemmy.world

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Though police did not press charges and the investigation was dropped, Joost has now confirmed he won’t be taking part in the next Song Contest and needs ‘more time to heal’.

‘My team and I had everything ready, but it just doesn’t feel good.

‘I am very thankful for all the love around the world, however I am still very affected by this year.

‘I need to give myself more time to heal.

‘It was my dream to do Eurovision and we did that.

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What a crappy title. It suggeSt that he dropped out of it because of the police investigation but its because the EBU are jerks

[–] MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

There's actually another thing. There was an incident during a memorial service for Dutch celebrities. He stated that it was a mistake but it came across insensitive at the least.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I agree about the title, I used the article’s actual title.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah sorry. Its not on you. Just bad journalism

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

I wanted to post his Instagram story, but I waited too long and it was gone.

[–] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Joost has been very heavily mistreated by the Eurovision staff, I can't begin to imagine how he must feel.