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The career of the British-Kosovar pop singer Dua Lipa was comparatively scandal-free despite her rocket vita and millions of sponsorship deals (such as Puma, Porsche, Johnny Walker). Your activities outside of music (such as a literature forum) appear “sympathetic”.
Her private and love life with UK actor Callum Turner or the French director Romain Gavras (until the end of 2023) has so far only produced a little riot fabric from the British tabloid press.
Now she has come into a political whirlpool that affects her gaza engagement.
The 30-year-old publicly defends himself against speculation that she had released one of her managers because of his pro-Israeli attitude. Both the artist herself and her management agency WME (William Morris Endavor) contradict corresponding media reports.
The starting point of the debate
The starting point for the debate was a report by the London daily “Daily Mail”, according to which Lipa was said to have separated from her long-time carer David Levy after it became known that he was involved in the appearance of the Irish fabric mask rap group KNEACAP at the Glastonbury Festival.
Apparently because of kneecaps of critical attitude towards Israeli military surgery in the Gaza Strip. The rumor was quickly taken up and spread by various sources – including Kneecap itself.
WME now made it clear: David Levy was involved in Dua Lipas career between 2016 and 2019 and has not played an operational role since then. Already in 2019 he retired from active management when he left London and has since taken over a purely advisory function. At the beginning of 2025, he completely separated from all remaining projects with lipas. An official statement states: “Reports that Dua Lipa or her management have released one of our agents based on his political views are definitely wrong.”
Lipas reaction and criticism of tabloids media
Lipa himself was also clear in an Instagram story-both in terms of Levy and media reporting: “The behavior of David Levy or other music managers towards artists or bands who say their opinion is not my cup of tea. However, I would have released it because of his pro-Israeli, anti-Palestinic stance.”
Lisa continued to criticize the handling of the “Fleet Street” with the topic: “The language that the ‘Daily Mail’ has used is targeted, and contributed to Clickbait and contributes to strengthening social split.
Lipa has been positioned clearly Pro-Palestinian for years and is regularly committed to oppression and violence. In the past, she was partly sharply criticized for her attitude – especially in conservative media.
The case once again highlights the growing political polarization within the international music industry – as well as the role of the tabloid press in times of global conflicts.
The persistent problem of targeted false reporting illustrates that other stories of the “Daily Mail”-such as a fictitious Fleetwood Mac reunion-had to be denied in honor of JK Rowling.