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Oliver Anthony discovers the wheel of virality keeps on turnin'. [1]

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Date: 2023-08-22  

Since topping the tally, the Farmville, Va.-based singer-songwriter and former factory worker, born Christopher Anthony Lunsford (whose stage name honors his grandfather, Oliver Anthony) has kept schtum on his social accounts.

Though he did give an interview with Fox News which, like his popular song, has gone viral.

“We are the melting pot of the world,” he says in the clip. “And that’s what makes us strong, our diversity. And we need to learn to harness that and appreciate it and not use it as a political tool to keep everyone separate from it.”

Those statesmanlike comments, however, have fallen flat with Republicans. The “exclusive” interview with the rightwing Fox Network has triggered a social media pile-on.

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