JP Sears Calls Out Bob Vylan for Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death Onstage in Europe

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JP Sears Calls Out Bob Vylan for Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death Onstage in Europe

JP Sears digs into footage of British rap duo member Bob Vylan celebrating Charlie Kirk's death during a European show, then denying it ever happened in a follow-up statement video posted after gigs started getting cancelled. Sears walks through the concert clip itself, in which Bob Vylan dedicates a song to Kirk after calling him a vile name and leads the crowd in cheering, arguing that celebration is an experience rather than a specific quote, which is why Bob Vylan's challenge to 'find a quote' misses the point. He rounds up reactions from Greg Gutfeld, Alex Jones, and Steven Crowder, highlighting Crowder's distinction between eradicating dangerous ideologies through free speech and debate versus eradicating the people who hold them, which Sears argues is exactly what happened to Kirk.

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September 17, 2025

JP Sears Calls Out Bob Vylan for Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death

JP Sears opens by addressing a British performer, Bob Vylan, whose name is a play on "villain," after footage surfaced of him celebrating Charlie Kirk's death onstage during a European show.

"Evil took down Charlie Kirk. And evil is also celebrating Charlie Kirk's death," Sears says, distinguishing between people who disagreed with Kirk and sent condolences and those who celebrated his death outright. "Good people who disagreed with him send their condolences. They feel bad a human has died. That is a healthy human response."

A Statement Video Built on Denial

After facing gig cancellations, Bob Vylan posted a statement video denying he had celebrated Kirk's death at all.

"At no point during yesterday's show was Charlie Kirk's death celebrated. At no point whatsoever did we celebrate Charlie Kirk's death. I did call him a piece of [expletive]. That much is true. But at no point was his death celebrated. If it was, go find me a quote," Bob Vylan says in the clip.

Sears pushes back on the framing, arguing that celebration is an experience rather than a literal statement.

"You'll never go to someone's birthday party and find a quote of celebration because it's an experience," Sears says.

What the Footage Actually Shows

Sears plays the original concert footage in question, in which Bob Vylan tells the crowd, "I want to dedicate this next one to an absolute piece of [expletive]," before the audience cheers and applauds.

"Him saying words, people cheering in response, feeding him to say more words, get more cheers. If this isn't a celebration, then literally nothing is," Sears says.

Reactions From Conservative Commentators

Sears shares a range of reactions to the footage, including from the Hodge Twins, Greg Gutfeld, and Alex Jones, who criticized Bob Vylan's denial and questioned his credibility.

Steven Crowder's Distinction Between Ideas and People

Sears highlights a statement from Steven Crowder that he says draws an important line.

"These people are not compatible with civilized society, whether it be in the United States, Britain, or anywhere else. This ideology must be eradicated from public discourse. It should be given no quarter," Crowder says.

Sears emphasizes that Crowder is calling for the rejection of an ideology through open debate, not violence against the people who hold it, contrasting it with what he describes as the opposite approach taken by Kirk's killer. "Free speech, public discourse, open debate, that's how you eradicate dangerous ideology. And that's exactly what Charlie Kirk did," Sears says.

Untangling the Visa Revocation Timeline

Sears addresses a piece of circulating misinformation suggesting the State Department revoked Bob Vylan's US visa specifically because of the Charlie Kirk comments.

"The State Department has in fact revoked his visa... but here's what's not true. They didn't do it following his vile display celebrating Charlie Kirk's death. They did it back in June when he was calling for deaths onstage performing over in Europe," Sears says, referencing a "Death to the IDF" chant Bob Vylan led at the Glastonbury Festival.

He cites Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau's statement from that earlier controversy: "Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country."

A Career Destroyed by His Own Merits

Sears argues that Bob Vylan's career troubles aren't a case of unfair cancel culture, but a direct result of his own actions.

"You can't chalk it up to, well, he was a victim of cancel culture. No, he was a victim of his own merits, and his merits weren't great. They were evil, despicable, and immoral," Sears says, pointing to the statement video denying the celebration as further evidence of dishonesty layered on top of the original behavior.

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