Cigarettes After Intercourse drummer Jacob Tomsky has confronted criticism for feedback he’s made about Olivia Rodrigo‘s new all-female pageant.
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The pop star introduced the occasion, known as Daisy Chain Fields, earlier this week, saying: “I’ve had a dream of doing this pageant for years and I’m so ecstatic it’s lastly coming true!!”
Set to happen at Nice Park in Irvine, California, on August 29, the one-dayer boasts acts comparable to Chappell Roan, Bikini Kill, Doechii, Rubbish, Stevie Nicks and Karen O. Rodrigo will herself carry out on the pageant, too.
“Daisy Chain Fields options an all-women lineup and 100 per cent of the online proceeds will go to charities devoted to advancing and advocating for ladies and ladies,” the singer continued.
However the video of Rodrigo’s interview with Good Morning America, during which she launched the occasion, appeared to confuse musician Tomsky.
In a since-deleted touch upon a TikTok clip of Rodrigo’s chat, the drummer wrote: “We received’t be there lol tf.”
Cigarettes After Intercourse drummer Jacob Tomsky feedback underneath a tiktok submit of Olivia Rodrigo selling her all-female Daisy Chains Fields Competition.
“We is not going to be there lol tf” pic.twitter.com/AB34xw3dtq
— Pop Dolls (@ThePopDolls) June 23, 2026
A consumer on the social media platform later requested him to elucidate the which means behind his comment. Tomsky responded: “I imply, it seems like some compelled promo for a pageant, proper? I’m simply saying our band received’t be performing there.”
Cigarettes After Intercourse weren’t talked about throughout Rodrigo’s dialog with GMA, nor had been they featured wherever within the announcement supplies.
It stays unclear as to why Tomsky has seemingly taken subject with Daisy Chain Fields. Nonetheless, some Rodrigo followers have perceived his feedback to imply that he’s sad with the all-female side of the pageant.
“Males being offended by one thing that doesn’t contain them is straight up comedy fr,” one individual wrote on X/Twitter. Others mentioned that Tomsky’s comment was “misogynistic” and “bizarre”, whereas another person wrote: “Ermmmm I don’t assume he was invited anyway!”
Males being offended by one thing that doesn’t contain them is straight up comedy fr
— b 🐈⬛ (@blondiesmp3) June 23, 2026
All the time a misogynistic man attacking a woc and swifties are supporting
— Oxygen 🫧 🍾 (@elcanoooo) June 23, 2026
ermmmm i do not assume he was invited anyway!!!! 🤓☝️
— Grill (@Grillfield) June 25, 2026
Elsewhere, a fan mentioned (by way of The Impartial): “‘Pressured advert’ and also you’re commenting on a video you would’ve skipped, on a social media account you management, on a cellphone YOU pay for. In order that was a alternative to observe.”
A consumer additionally identified that “all festivals cater to males” and mentioned line-ups had been “about 80 per cent male”, including: “Allow us to have this one factor!”
Somebody on Reddit advised that there have to be “a greater rationalization” for Tomsky’s remark, saying it was “simply fully misplaced linguistically”.
“There’s a large hate practice out for him proper now, followers rightfully getting defensive at a perceived slight, however I can not even grasp the intention of his remark,” they continued.
In the meantime, Cigarettes After Intercourse frontman Greg Gonzalez has distanced himself from his bandmate’s remarks on Instagram Tales. “Solely full adoration from me,” he wrote over a screenshot of him streaming Rodrigo’s track ‘Good 4 U’, adopted by a black coronary heart emoji.
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Tomsky has not elaborated on his feedback, on the time of writing, and Rodrigo is but to reply.
On Cigarettes After Intercourse’s subreddit, a fan mentioned they had been “confused” over the drummer’s obvious dig. One other consumer wrote: “Douche chill!”
Rodrigo has mentioned the inspiration behind Daisy Chain Fields, explaining: “After I pictured this pageant, I had a picture in my head of women sitting beneath a tree, like, making little daisy chains or flower crowns or friendship bracelets.
“I additionally similar to the thought of a daisy chain, how we will all be particular person hyperlinks on this chain that’s bigger than the person.”
She has additionally teased a possible duet with Stevie Nicks on Fleetwood Mac‘s basic monitor ‘Landslide’.
Rodrigo launched her third studio album, ‘You Appear Fairly Unhappy For A Woman So In Love’, earlier this month. In a glowing, four-and-a-half-star assessment, NME described the document as “a bittersweet, cinematic odyssey from a generational expertise”.
The star has mentioned the feminine influences on the document, citing Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Tablet’ and Bikini Kill as having made an influence on her writing. She can be a longtime fan of No Doubt and appeared at their last Las Vegas Sphere present lately.
