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The music icon made the remark in a tweet posted to her 3.9 million followers Friday as she watched the televised murder trial of Derek Chauvin - the cop accused of killing Floyd in Minneapolis last May.
Cher put out the following tweet, Was talking With Mom & She Said “I Watched Trial Of Policeman Who Killed George Floyd,& Cried”. I Said “Mom,I Know This Is Gonna Sound CRAZY,But.. I Kept Thinking ...Maybe If I’d Been There,.I Could’ve Helped , sparking an online debate about what she thinks she could ve done. But, apart from this, people were also curious to know who exactly is Georgia Holt, Cher s mother.
Was talking With Mom
I Said
“Mom,I Know This Is Gonna Sound CRAZY,But..
I Kept Thinking ...Maybe If I’d Been There,.I Could’ve Helped
The first tweet by the artist reads: Whites Can No Longer Stand On The Side- lines.We Must STAND In Solidarity With Our Blk Brothers & Sisters In Every KU KLUX KLAN STATE.WE MUST RACIST GOP LAWMAKERS FROM TOTAL DOMINATION OF ,& DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRATS.WEâMUST STOPâGOP BIGOTS FROM TAKING BACK 2 DAYS OF JIM CROW .
Cher (Getty Images)
However, it s the tweet that followed this one that has Twitter confused. Was talking With Mom & She Said âI Watched Trial Of Policeman Who Killed George Floyd,& Criedâ. I Said âMom,I Know This Is Gonna Sound CRAZY,But.. I Kept Thinking ...Maybe If Iâd Been There,.I Couldâve Helped , tweeted the artist. She currently has 3.9 million followers on the platform and uses the same rather often.