Village People's Victor Willis defends Donald Trump's use of 'YMCA'

Shania Russel- Entertainment Weekly

Dec 3, 2024

"I'm glad I allowed the President-elect's continued use of Y.M.C.A.," Willis wrote. "And I thank him for choosing to use my song."

In a lengthy Facebook post on Monday, the 73-year-old singer songwriter not only denied the song's status as a "gay anthem," but doubled down on his decision to let President-elect Donald Trump play the song at campaign rallies leading up to his November win. After claiming that Trump acquired the necessary BMI license to use the song, Willis explained that he decided not to withdraw permissions upon observing that Trump seemed to "genuinely like" the song, and was "having a lot of fun" with it.