--- title: Pink Claps Back After Being Sick with Flu at 2018 Super Bowl description: Singer Pink clapped back at an Internet hater after they criticized her performance of the National Anthem during the 2018 Super Bowl. canonical: https://time.com/5133530/super-bowl-2018-pink-claps-back-at-hater/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-05T16:47:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:20.985Z og:title: Pink Claps Back at a Hater After Singing the National Anthem og:description: A word to those looking to troll Pink: don't og:url: https://time.com/5133530/super-bowl-2018-pink-claps-back-at-hater/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7efe8fe88f0d433/6988fa98ab6d77e3fc6b19c5/pink-internet-clap-back-super-bowl-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Super Bowl LII Pregame og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pink Claps Back at a Hater After Singing the National Anthem twitter:description: A word to those looking to troll Pink: don't twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7efe8fe88f0d433/6988fa98ab6d77e3fc6b19c5/pink-internet-clap-back-super-bowl-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pink Claps Back at a Hater on Twitter After Singing With the Flu at the Super Bowl  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 5, 2018 4:47 PM UTC  MINNEAPOLIS, MN - FEBRUARY 04: Recording artist Pink performs the National Anthem during the Super Bowl LII Pregame show at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) MINNEAPOLIS, MN - FEBRUARY 04: Recording artist Pink performs the National Anthem during the Super Bowl LII Pregame show at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 5, 2018 4:47 PM UTC [Pink](http://time.com/5093668/pink-super-bowl/) had won the [2018 Super Bowl](http://time.com/5131487/justin-timberlake-super-bowl-halftime-show-review/) before it even started when she performed the [National Anthem](http://time.com/4955623/history-national-anthem-sports-nfl/) in front of millions on Sunday while battling the flu. The singer, who took to her [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BeumRbrFIWj/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed) ahead of the show, shared that it was one her life dreams to perform the National Anthem at the Super Bowl after seeing her idol, Whitney Houston, do it in 1991 and that despite feeling under the weather, she promised to “do my best, as I always do.” Her earnest performance earned her the [vocal support of many of her fans](http://time.com/5132704/pink-national-anthem-super-bowl-2018/), but unfortunately, there were still some critics online who were determined to share their vitriol. A Twitter user by the name of @King\_Sullivan tweeted that “Pink sucks and if you like her singing you’re dumb,” which earned a grade A clap back from Pink herself, who took to her own account to cheekily refute the claim, while referencing the user’s Twitter title. > [](https://twitter.com/Pink/status/960314739535462400) A note to future Internet haters looking to troll Pink: Don’t. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5133530/super-bowl-2018-pink-claps-back-at-hater/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5133530/super-bowl-2018-pink-claps-back-at-hater/"},"headline":"Pink Claps Back at a Hater on Twitter After Singing With the Flu at the Super Bowl","datePublished":"2018-02-05T16:47:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:20.985Z","description":"The singer sounded off on Twitter","url":"https://time.com/5133530/super-bowl-2018-pink-claps-back-at-hater/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Pink","2018 super bowl"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7efe8fe88f0d433/6988fa98ab6d77e3fc6b19c5/pink-internet-clap-back-super-bowl-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7efe8fe88f0d433/6988fa98ab6d77e3fc6b19c5/pink-internet-clap-back-super-bowl-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Super Bowl LII Pregame","caption":"Super Bowl LII Pregame","creditText":"Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5133530/super-bowl-2018-pink-claps-back-at-hater/","name":"Pink Claps Back at a Hater on Twitter After Singing With the Flu at the Super Bowl"}}]}] ```