The Blessed Madonna Calls Out Róisín Murphy Over Claims of “censorship” Regarding Puberty Blockers Comments

Irish electronic music singer/songwriter took to social media to whine about her career taking a huge nosedive after she made disparaging comments about trans children.

via: Pink News

Irish singer, songwriter, and producer Róisín Murphy has opened up about the fallout from her controversial comments on puberty blockers, saying the backlash left her feeling professionally and personally isolated.

Speaking at a Westminster event on Monday (27 April), she described how quickly opportunities disappeared after her 2023 remarks, claiming venues dropped bookings, collaborators distanced themselves, and pressure mounted for her to apologize.

“Being cancelled is hard,” she said. “The world goes very dark very quickly. Everyone and anyone who is ever going to disappoint you does so all at once. Networks of interwoven friendship and career that took years to grow collapse overnight. All the hypocrisy, frailty and hidden disloyalty gets exposed at once. It’s bewildering and it’s a bitter pill,” Murphy continued, as reported by The Times.

Murphy argued that artists who speak on “radioactive issues” are often met with condemnation rather than debate, and criticised what she described as online “social media enforcers” shaping public reactions.

Murphy first sparked backlash after criticising the use of puberty blockers for young people in a 2023 Facebook post. “Puberty blockers are f*****, absolutely desolate, Big Pharma laughing all the way to the bank. Little mixed-up kids are vulnerable and need to be protected, that’s just true,” she wrote.

Last October, Murphy reignited the controversy by sharing a chart showcasing data from Tufts University’s Cooperative Election Study, which portrayed a decline of young people identifying as non-binary or trans.

“It was never real. Terribly sad though. Absolute havoc wreaked on children, families, and society,” Murphy wrote under the screenshot on her X account. The statistics from Tufts that she shared have been disputed for their scope and accuracy.

It didn't take long for queer DJ and producer The Blessed Madonna to publicly call out Róisín Murphy after the singer described herself as being “cancelled” over her past comments about transgender people.

Speaking at a Westminster event on April 27, Murphy said she faced “professional exile” over her previous comments criticising puberty blockers, and blamed “confused young people” acting as “social media enforcers”. She reflected on her experience of the backlash, saying, “Being cancelled is hard”.

The Blessed Madonna pushed back in a 30 April response on Instagram, arguing that Murphy’s experience isn’t censorship, rather accountability. “You’re standing in a literal seat of power… and framing yourself as silenced,” they wrote, adding that public criticism and boycotts are simply people choosing not to support her. “What you are experiencing is considerably simpler: consequences,” they wrote.

The DJ also highlighted the disconnect between Murphy’s past ties to queer culture and her current rhetoric, referencing Murphy’s admiration for 1990 ballroom documentary ‘Paris Is Burning’, which The Blessed Madonna noted Murphy had called a “deeply formative” creative influence for herself.

The Blessed Madonna continued with “You said once in an interview that anytime you want to feel famous you just go to a gay club. This in and of itself should have been a warning flare that your relationship with the queer community was less like an icon and more like a mosquito.”