Chester Bennington’s Son Slams Linkin Park’s Controversial Lead Singer Emily Armstrong

Linkin Park’s drama rages on … with Chester Bennington’s son, Jaime, calling out band co-founder Mike Shinoda for appointing Emily Armstrong as a result of the group’s new lead singer … making it clear she’s not Jaime’s select to modify his dad 7 years after his demise.

Jaime criticized Mike for betraying followers’ perception by hiring Emily … together with in a chronic IG publish Monday he had “quietly erased my father’s life and legacy in precise time … all through worldwide suicide prevention month.” Chester died by suicide in 2017.

Jaime didn’t keep once more … diving into Emily’s alleged ties to Scientology and her help for Danny Masterson. This all acquired right here to delicate following The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala‘s resurfaced messages Emily had attended a 2020 preliminary listening to in help of Masterson, which hit followers laborious … notably since Chester had openly talked about surviving sexual abuse.

Bixler-Zavala’s partner, Chrissie Carnell-Bixler was one amongst a lot of women who accused Masterson of sexual assault. Last yr, Masterson was convicted of two counts of forcible rape and sentenced to 30 years to life.

Given that backlash, Emily addressed the state of affairs with out naming Masterson immediately … nonetheless did seem to reference him.

She talked about she was requested to help someone she considered a buddy all through a listening to years up to now … nonetheless afterward, she realized she shouldn’t have been there. She added she always tries to see the nice in people — nonetheless misjudged this one.

Jaime highlighted the fan response to the model new line-up bombshell announcement, saying they trusted Linkin Park to lead to change — nonetheless instead the selection makes Mike Shinoda “senile and tone deaf.”