The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde spoke to the Sunday Times recently, a discussion which centred on her newly completed memoirs.
In the book, the singer describes how as a 21-year-old she was forced to perform sexual acts on a biker gang. The comments – which seemed to imply that victims of sexual assault are in some way responsible – caused an immediate uproar.
The songwriter has subsequently granted an interview to The Washington Post, with Chrissie Hyne expanding on these comments.
To her critics she said: "They’re entitled to say whatever they want," before going on to ask, "Do I regret saying it? I don’t know. I haven’t really thought about it."
Geoff Edgers from the Washington Post read Hynde's comments back to her, she replied: Sounds like common sense … If you don’t want my opinion, don’t ask me for it. At the moment, we’re in one of the worst humanitarian crises in our lifetime. (You see that picture of) a Turkish policeman carrying the body of a 3-year-old boy who got washed up on the shore. These are the heartbreaking images we have and we’re talking about millions of displaced persons and people whose families have been destroyed and we’re talking about comments that I allegedly made about girls in their underwear."
At one point, Chrissie Hynde stated that she doesn't expect most people to act as she did, adding "most people aren't as stupid as me".
The singer then added: "We have to walk the plank. I don’t think that’s a sign of intelligence, I don’t know what it is a sign of. I’m not saying I was asking for it. It wasn’t the same as walking down a street in the middle of a nice evening and somebody dragging you into a bush with a knife in your throat."
Check out the piece HERE.
