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Badu defends strip video
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 7 April 2010
Erykah Badu has told reporters her video for new single ‘Window Seat’ has been “grossly misunderstood all over America”. As previously reported, the video sees Badu stripping off while walking through the streets of Dallas, before pretending to be shot at more or less the spot where JFK was assassinated.
Some have accused Badu of being disrespectful to the former President by choosing that street for her controversial striptease video, but she said on ‘The Wanda Sykes Show’ this week: “My point was grossly misunderstood all over America. JFK is one of my heroes, one of the nation’s heroes. John F Kennedy was a revolutionary; he was not afraid to butt heads with America, and I was not afraid to show America my butt-naked truth”.
As previously reported, Badu is facing a disorderly conduct charge in relation to the strip after a witness to the video recording filed a complaint with police. Unlike the Matt & Kim video that inspired the ‘Window Seat’ pop promo, Badu did not get a permit from the local authorities to record her stripping film.
