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Danger Romance with Kurt Westergaard may have been an apt title for video, after teen singer gets resulting threats
A teenage girl who made a fan video proclaiming her love and support for elderly cartoonist Kurt Westergaard has received a number of threats in recent days.
Nikoline Astrid Nielsen, 17, is studying media at high school and uploaded a video of herself singing her support for Westergaard to the tune of the Lady Gaga pop song, Bad Romance.
The song, re-titled ‘Dangerous Romance with Kurt Westergaard’, includes lines in Danish such as ‘I want your belly it’s so hot. You can draw, so draw a six pack.’ Nielsen also sings about how she’s willing to share his fame, despite the Middle East not leaving him in peace.
The video is quickly reaching the heights of notoriety in Denmark, similar to that of the viral internet hit by ‘Obama Girl’ during the US Presidential election.
Westergaard, 74, is currently under police protection following an attempt on his life in retribution for his drawing of a Mohammed cartoon.
Nielsen said she created the video in support of Westergaard after one of his watercolour paintings was banned from a charity auction in aid of Haitian earthquake victims. Lauritz.com auction house refused to accept the donation over safety fears for their staff.
Galleri Draupner stepped in and offered to auction the painting and has had more than 50,000 visitors to their auction website in just 24 hours. The highest bid stands so far at 45,000 kroner for the painting, which features dragons and fairy tale images.
The owner of the gallery is the stepfather of Nielsen’s best friend, which inspired her to write her song of support for the cartoonist.
But following its rounds on the internet in the last few days, a hate group opposing Nielsen was set up on social networking site Facebook.
Some had published photos of accident scenes, with Nielsen’s face superimposed on that of the person being carried on a stretcher.
Nielsen has now forwarded the threatening emails and screen dumps of the offending messages and images to the police, who are investigating the case.
Westergaard, meanwhile, has yet to comment on his support from the unlikely source.
The Copenhagen Post
