Westboro Baptist Church responds to Foo Fighters hijacking their protest in Kansas City

Westboro Baptist Church has taken to social media to comment on how the Foo Fighters responded to its protest outside Kansas City’s Sprint Center on Aug. 21, where the band was scheduled to perform.

In a series of posts on their official Twitter page, the church, which has protested against the band before, shared some passages and added Foo Fighters as a hash tag in response to how the band hijacked their protest.

In another tweet, the church acknowledged that they were trolled by Foo Fighters during the protest. The phrase “Troll on! Sign coverage is the illest!” was added along with the post. Westboro Baptist Church also added another tweet which says, “We think the @foofighters were still sore about how we parodied their LAST counter protest.” The church included a YouTube video (seen below) of its Aug. 30, 2011 protest to highlight their statement.

The church also tweeted an article from Time which shared a video of Foo Fighters “rickrolling” the church’s protest. Along with this post is the comment, “Who would ever dream #rickroll would be a platform for publishing Fags Doom Nations to millions? #ThankGod #Creative.”

Foo Fighters decided that the only way to alleviate the mood amidst the protests coming from the Westboro Baptist Church members was to play a little tribute to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The rock band hijacked the protest with a grand entrance as they rode at the back of a pickup truck with the music on full blast. They also made a quick stop in front of the protestors. Foo Fighters initially played “American Idiot” by Greenday before "rickrolling" the protesters.

In the video below, a few members of the band could be seen holding up signs saying, “You Got Rick Roll’d” and “Keep It Clean.” Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl along with his bandmates are also seen jamming to the 1987 hit song.

The stunt reportedly happened before Foo Fighters’ performance in Sprint Center. “Rickrolling,” according to Penn Live, is an Internet prank that involves having someone listen or view Rick Astley’s hit single “Never Gonna Give You Up.”

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