Bruce Springsteen Throws His Fans Under the Bus, Agrees with Obama that His White Fans Would Have Called Clarence Clemons the “N-Word” Offstage
Aging establishment rocker and Democratic Party activist Bruce Springsteen agreed with former President Barack Obama’s characterization of Springsteen’s fans as racists who would have called iconic E Street Band saxophone player the late Clarence Clemons the “n-word” offstage even after cheering him onstage in concert.
Springsteen and Clemons in photo used for classic Born to Run album gatefold cover, released in 1975.
Springsteen and Obama made the comments attacking Springsteen fans in a taped interview with CBS Sunday Morning that aired last Sunday to promote their new book, Renegades: Born in the USA, which is based on a series of podcasts the two did together earlier this year.
Interviewer Anthony Mason: “You say in the podcast and the book that in many ways it was the most important story you ever told is you and Clarence on the stage together.”
Springsteen: “Well,
