Vanilla Ice is speaking out about his decision not to back out of the Great American State Fair after everyone else did. Speaking with Fox News Digital, he explained, "It's kinda shocking to me that we can't celebrate the birthday of our country."
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He said it wasn't about politics but love for the country.
"Man, I raise the flag at every concert I go to. You know that. And I'm proud because I know what we've gone through for 250 years to be where we are. And I am proud because I'm friends with so many soldiers," he said.
Vanilla Ice explains that he knows a lot of military members.
"All the guys on the Vanilla Ice Project that do construction with me, they're all Marines. They teach me the code of ethics. They teach how. What it's like to be a real American. They teach what it is like to understand that the veterans that have lost their lives and everybody that has fought for this country, what it means."
Vanilla Ice Speaks Out
Vanilla Ice explains that he isn't trying to get dragged into politics. He is just proud to be American and wanted to have a good time.
"I think people are taking everything too serious, and you should enjoy this concert, this celebration of our country, and we should all come together. That's what music's for anyway, to bring people together," he said. "Music brings people together, and that's what it's all about."
That being said, he also doesn't have any hard feelings toward those that did back out of the performance.
"I don't think it's fair for all the other musicians. I respect them all too, that pulled out even, because they're still on tour with me, and they have their own reasons, and they live in different places, and it's different," he said.
He said, "They have to feel that heat. So for them, it's not fair and they just kind of like, 'Hey man, I don't need all this heat. I'm just here to play and enjoy.' But for me, I'm gonna celebrate my country and I don't think anybody should tell me I shouldn't, and I'm honored to be on this."
