Ariel Pink has had a, shall we say, somewhat contentious relationship with feminism in the past, and this week, those tensions flared up again following online reports that he drunkenly manhandled his girlfriend, who sings in his live band, during a recent show in San Francisco. His girlfriend herself has said that they were just messing around and seemed pretty pissed off about the whole controversy, but now Pink has taken to Twitter to "touch base" with his fanbase and apologize for his behavior onstage. Find his tweets below.
https://twitter.com/arielxpink/status/920778942444744704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And here are his girlfriend's tweets:
Wow. Turns out a girl can't have fun with her boyfriend on stage without being victimized by feminists. Could not be more bummed.
— Charlotte Ercoli (@Charlesdecrema) October 17, 2017
Feminists r trying to victimize me for consensually wrestling/manhandlingmy bf on stage. It's the oppression olympics. Im not competing
— Charlotte Ercoli (@Charlesdecrema) October 17, 2017
Don't feel bad for me. Feel bad for my boyfriend. Those are heavy words Y'all. Take it from me between ariel and I I'm the creep
— Charlotte Ercoli (@Charlesdecrema) October 17, 2017
If pichtfork wants to write a hit piece on ariel about how he treats me they should interciew ME. That is if they care about the truth??
— Charlotte Ercoli (@Charlesdecrema) October 17, 2017
