Singer Joy Villa was roasted after sporting a red MAGA-style hat and DOGE coin necklace at Sunday's Grammy Awards to show her support for President Donald Trump, telling The Hollywood Reporter that she wants to "make freedom glamorous again."
The singer donned a MAGA-style cap reading, “The Hat Stays On,” along with a gold dress meant to symbolize cryptocurrency, which she described as “definitely the new wave of freedom.” While Trump has shown support for cryptocurrency, its value dropped following his recent tariff announcement.
She added that her dress was designed by Andre Soriano, whom she described as a “gay Filipino immigrant.” Soriano previously created Grammy outfits for Villa, including an orange dress styled to resemble a fence at the U.S. Southern border.
Regarding her hat, Villa said it reflected Trump surviving two assassination attempts during the 2024 election cycle:
“The hat stays on. They tried to kill Trump. He’s still alive, thank God. Because they tried to get rid of Trump and now he’s still here, this hat’s not going anywhere. Like the red-hat army that we’ve seen. … There’s a lot of Latinos, a lot of Black Americans, a lot of artists who love Trump."
"So the hat stays on. We’re not going to get our hats knocked off, hit off or threatened to take it off.”
You can hear what she said in the video below.
Villa, who identifies as a Latina with family members who immigrated legally, reiterated her support for Trump's immigration policies, contrasting her stance with that of other artists who have criticized these measures.
She said:
“I think that the ones that are being deported should be deported. I’m a Latina. My family came to this country legally. I love to see rapists, human traffickers deported. I don’t want to see them here."
"I want us to be free, for all colors, for all people. That’s what makes America great again. So we can create, so we can live."
"As an artist, as a musician, I want to be able to walk at night and not think that I’m going to get killed by an illegal alien. So those are the people getting deported, those are the people that should get deported.”
You can hear what she said in the video below.
Many have criticized her remarks.
Villa, who has supported the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, and has on a number of occasions worn QAnon-themed clothing accessories, has said that Trump "was chosen" to be on the people's side, and once made the erroneous claim that during the 2020 election people saw "dead voters who have come up from the grave and miraculously voted for Joe Biden."
Villa has previously arrived at the Grammys in an outfit referring to the Trump administration; in addition to the aforementioned dress representing the border wall, she wore a "Make America Great Again" dress and another year wore a Trump-themed latex dress.
