Dua Lipa denies report she dropped Jewish agent who urged Kneecap’s removal from Glastonbury

British pop singer Dua Lipa denies reports she dropped her Jewish agent for signing onto a letter to remove the anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian Irish rap group Kneecap from the Glastonbury music festival.

In an Instagram post, Dua Lipa calls the report in the Daily Mail “completely false.” A separate statement by her management company, William Morris Endeavor, says that the agent David Levy had not been involved in managing the artist’s day-to-day activity since 2019.

Levy was one of the first signatories on a leaked letter to Glastonbury’s organizers to remove Kneecap, whose singer is currently facing terrorism charges in the United Kingdom for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a concert.

“I do not condone the actions of David Levy or other music executives toward an artist speaking their truth. I also cannot ignore how this has been handled in the press. Not only was the story completely false but the language used by the Daily Mail has been deliberately inflammatory, crafted purely for clickbait, clearly designed to fuel online division,” Dua Lipa’s statement says.

“It is always Free Palestine but exploiting a global tragedy in order to sell newspapers is something I find deeply troubling,” she adds.

WMA also calls the report “categorically false.”

“Reports suggesting that Dua Lipa or her management dismissed one of our agents because of his political views are categorically false,” WMA says.

“David Levy played a role in Dua’s early career (2016-2019) and as is customary, is credited both internally and in industry journals as being a member of the team. When he moved out of London in 2019, he transitioned into an advisory role and has not been involved in Dua’s day-to-day business since. Levy fully removed himself from the project among others earlier this year,” it says.

Dua Lipa has long been critical of Israel, and in May was one of more than 300 celebrities who signed onto a letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urging him to end the country’s “complicity” in Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, sparked by the terror group’s October 7, 2023, massacre and hostage-taking.