Pink Clapped Back At H8rs After Nailing Her Super Bowl Performance With The Flu

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Pink singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl while battling the flu is an absolute boss move and everyone better recognise her A+ game.

Yesterday, Pink posted a pic of her rehearsing the Super Bowl performance and shared that she’s seriously under the weather with the flu. She told fans, “I’ve arrived at another one of my dreams which is slowly becoming a sort of nightmare.”

Trying to practice the flu away. I’ve been waiting to sing this song since 1991 when I saw my idol, Whitney Houston, own this song. And now, my chance has finally come. And it just so happens that this chance comes when I have two small Petri dish kids who literally cough INTO MY MOUTH and rub their snot on my cheek. You can’t write this stuff I swear! And here we are. I’ve arrived at another one of my dreams which is slowly becoming a sort of nightmare. I will tell you, this is one of the biggest honors of my life, singing this song in front of my family, my military family, my dad and brother and step mama and family and the world. And the EAGLES!?!?! I promise I will do my best, as I always do. As far as the gremlins that got me into this mess, you can cough at me for the rest of your lives. If it’s a contest, babies, you win. #spreadthelove #spreadthegerms #pleasegivememyvoiceback #ificansingimgonnakillit

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Seeing as most of us are debilitatingly gross when bogged down with the flu, there was a bit of nervousness about how Pink’s rendition of the national anthem would sound. But against all odds, Pink absolutely owned it. Check it out:

Yup – Pink bloody killed it and she isn’t about to let anything derail her victorious flu-ridden-but-somehow-incredible performance.

The internet was going wild for what looked like Pink spitting out her gum and dropping it on the field before singing the anthem, giving us all an iconic new gif to play with.

But Pink shut that right down.

Then when a hater trolled Pink with this (since-deleted) tweet criticising her and her performance:

Pink did not let that shit slide:

Haters gonna hate but be careful posting your Pink-hate online because Pink sees you and she will burn you right back.

At least Pink has plenty of support coming her way from fans and a heap of celebs who have been tweeting out their praise of the performance.

Lessons learned:

1. Pink can slay, always

2. If you burn Pink, she will finish you, and

3. Pink has a whole lotta famous fans.

Good stuff.