Kennedy Center employee delivers naked video monologue deriding the presidents takeover: Fk Donald Trump
He’s got a bone to pick.A contract worker at the Kennedy Center stripped naked and delivered a prattling monologue in a video posted online to protest President Trump’s takeover of the celebrated cultural institution.Tavish Forsyth, who serves as program director at the Kennedy Center’s Opera Institute, gave the world both an eyeful and an earful with a cringe-inducing 35-minute clip posted to his lightly-followed social media accounts on Wednesday.“Trump has taken over the Kennedy Center and that’s a place where I work,” a clothed Forsyth said while sitting side-saddle on a bed, footage posted to X and YouTube shows.“He vowed to ban drag performers from [the Center’s] stages, and as the saying goes, ‘We’re all born naked, and the rest is drag.’”Forsyth, 32, then snaps his fingers, and after a clunky video transition, appears completely naked for the remainder of the video in which he performatively deliberates on whether or not he should resign his position while exposing his genitals. “F–k Donald Trump and the Kennedy Center,” Forsyth said at the outset of his self-inflicted struggle session. “But on the other hand, does staying, holding the line, and living to fight another day — do I take up space and defend the vision of this institution that is diverse and inclusive, unlike Trump’s vision for America?”The birthday suit-wearing performance artist lambasted the president’s plan to revamp and de-wokify the Kennedy Center, which was announced last month.“In truth, our program is radically shaped by a DEI initiative.Our program is DEI — is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
And Vice President Trump [sic] has declared this to be illegal,” Forsyth claimed.Forsyth went on to refer to the Kennedy Center, which has a budget of $45 million, as a “glorified community center” that is experiencing a hostile takeover.The federal employee expressed harshly critical views of the United States.“Being pro-genocide is all Ame...