Ellie Goulding threatens to cancel Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving performance over Salvation Army LGBTQ concerns

Dallas Morning News

Goulding is scheduled to perform at halftime at the Buffalo Bills-Dallas Cowboys game on CBS, which would also serve as the kickoff of the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign. But after announcing her involvement on Instagram, the British singer-songwriter was met with backlash because the Salvation Army has been accused of homophobia and transphobia. "Upon researching this, I have reached out to The Salvation Army and said that I would have no choice but to pull out unless they very quickly make a solid, committed pledge or donation to the LGBTQ community,” she wrote in the comments section. “I am a committed philanthropist as you probably know, and my heart has always been in helping the homeless, but supporting an anti-LGBTQ charity is clearly not something I would ever intentionally do. Thank you for drawing my attention to this.”