--- title: The Weeknd and Belly Cancel Jimmy Kimmel Show, Trump Guests description: Rapper Belly an singer The Weeknd canceled a performance they were scheduled to record in Los Angeles Wednesday for Jimmy Kimmel Live!. canonical: https://time.com/4349028/weeknd-belly-cancel-kimmel-trump/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-26T12:03:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:51:38.845Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Weeknd and Belly Cancel Kimmel Performance Over Trump og:description: The musicians declined to perform because Trump was Kimmel's guest on Wednesday. og:url: https://time.com/4349028/weeknd-belly-cancel-kimmel-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt049689df4eb9bfc6/6988951bcd1bba2f8f700dc6/weeknd-belly-trump-kimmel-cancel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: weeknd belly trump kimmel cancel og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Weeknd and Belly Cancel Kimmel Performance Over Trump twitter:description: The musicians declined to perform because Trump was Kimmel's guest on Wednesday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt049689df4eb9bfc6/6988951bcd1bba2f8f700dc6/weeknd-belly-trump-kimmel-cancel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Weeknd and Belly Cancel _Kimmel!_ Performance Over Trump  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian May 26, 2016 12:03 PM UTC  Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Jimmy Kimmel's show in December. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Jimmy Kimmel's show in December.Randy Holmes—ABC via Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian May 26, 2016 12:03 PM UTC Rapper Belly and singer The Weeknd [canceled a performance](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c270a18f4e4645d88c3118e7688d8306/weeknd-belly-cancel-kimmel-performance-because-trump) they were scheduled to record in Los Angeles Wednesday for _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ because presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump [was a guest](http://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/) on the show. The two musicians were slated to perform Belly’s track “Might Not,” on which The Weeknd is featured, but Belly told the AP he didn’t feel comfortable appearing on the same show as Trump. “I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world — from religion to race,” Belly said in a statement. “I just didn’t want to feel like I was a part of a celebration for somebody who has beliefs that majority of us don’t agree with.” Belly continued to say that as a Muslim, he loves the ability to be and work in America. Trump has [proposed to ban Muslims](http://time.com/4139476/donald-trump-shutdown-muslim-immigration/) from entering the U.S. “To play my part in this business is a privilege and a beautiful thing,” Belly said in the statement. “The fact that I could lose that ability through the actions of someone such as Donald Trump isn’t right to me. At all.” \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c270a18f4e4645d88c3118e7688d8306/weeknd-belly-cancel-kimmel-performance-because-trump)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4349028/weeknd-belly-cancel-kimmel-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4349028/weeknd-belly-cancel-kimmel-trump/"},"headline":"The Weeknd and Belly Cancel Kimmel! 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