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Rock musician Meat Loaf thinks Greta Thunberg has been brainwashed into thinking climate change is real.
The singer, 72, said he “feels” for the 17-year-old, whom he thinks has “been forced” into her beliefs.
“I feel for that Greta,” he told Mail Online . “She has been brainwashed into thinking that there is climate change and there isn’t.”
He continued: “She hasn’t done anything wrong, but she’s been forced into thinking that what she is saying is true.”
Meat Loaf’s comments come after global leaders and activists warned the bushfires currently ravaging Australia are an environmental emergency that must be tackled urgently.
Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In picturesShow all 40 1 /40Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A firefighter hosing down trees and flying embers in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near the town of Nowra in the state of New South Wales on 31 December 2019
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Smoke billows from a huge bushfire that has torched over 200,000 acres of land in East Gipplsand, Victoria on 2 January
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Residents look on as flames tear through bushland in Lake Tabouriee, Australia on 4 January on 4 January
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Boats are pulled ashore as smoke and wildfires rage behind Lake Conjola on 2 January
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A firefighting helicopter tackles a bushfire in East Gippsland, Victoria on 31 December
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A firefighter gives water to a parched koala in Cudlee Creek, South Australia
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Firefighters tackle a blaze as it tears through a farm in New South Wales on 21 December
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures The sky is turned red over East Gippsland as fires continue to rage through Australian bushland on 4 January
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A kangaroo near bushfires in Nowra
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures An aerial view of a bushfire near Bairnsdale
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Firefighters work to tackle a blaze on the outskirts of Sydney on 31 December 2019
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A firefighting helicopter dumps water on a bushfire on the outskirts of the town of Bargo near Sydney
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Children play at the showgrounds in the southern New South Wales town of Bega where they are camping after being evacuated from nearby sites affected by bushfires
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A satellite image of the Batemans Bay showing smoke and fire from wild bushfires
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures The afternoon sky glows red from bushfires in Nowra
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Burning embers cover the ground as firefighters battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures The sky glows red as bushfires continue to rage in Mallacoota, Victoria
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures The remains of burnt out buildings along a main street in the New South Wales town of Cobargo
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Firefighters try to protect homes around Charmhaven, New South Wales
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Wildfires rage under plumes of smoke in Bairnsdale
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Business owners stand in front of their shop which was destroyed by a bushfire in Cobargo
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A helicopter dumping water on a fire in Victoria's East Gippsland region
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Nowra
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Think smoke from bushfires fills the air in eastern Gippsland
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures "Carmelised" snow caused by dust from Australian bushfires is seen near Franz Josef glacier in the Westland Tai Poutini National Park, New Zealand
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Firefighters hose down trees as they battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Smoke billowing from a fire burning at East Gippsland, Victoria. More than 800,000 hectares have been burnt in East Gippsland
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Smoke billowing from a fire burning at East Gippsland
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Smoke and wildfire rage behind Lake Conjola
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A house and van are seen destroyed after bushfires ravaged the town of Bilpin, west of Sydney
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A helicopter fighting a bushfire near Bairnsdale in Victoria's East Gippsland region
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Fire and Rescue personal run to move their truck as a bushfire burns next to a major road and homes on the outskirts of the town of Bilpin
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Amy, left, and Ben Spencer sit at the showgrounds in the southern New South Wales town of Bega where they are camping after being evacuated from nearby sites affected by bushfires
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures A firefighter sprays foam retardant on a back burn ahead of a fire front in the New South Wales town of Jerrawangala
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Two bushfires approach a home located on the outskirts of the town of Bargo
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Property damaged by the East Gippsland fires in Sarsfield, Victoria
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Nowra
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures Property under threat from the East Gippsland fires in Sarsfield
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Devastating wildfires rage across Australia: In pictures The main street of the New South Wales town of Bombala is pictured shrouded in smoke from nearby bushfires
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Last year, climate activist Thunberg – who was named Time ’s person of the year – sparked the fury of Jeremy Clarkson, who called her, among other things, a “stupid idiot” who is “causing young children sleepless nights”.
On Friday (3 January), Thunberg changed her Twitter name to Sharon in a joking reference to a clip from Celebrity Mastermind .
In a new episode of the BBC quiz show, British actor Amanda Henderson was asked which Swedish climate change activist wrote No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference .
The question left 33-year-old Henderson stumped, and after a short hesitation she replied: “Sharon?”
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Sign up Shortly after the clip was shared on Twitter , where it has been viewed more than seven million times, “Sharon” began trending on the social media platform.
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