Abbie Chatfield’s boyfriend Adam Hyde pulls out of performing at major event after the pair were slammed as hypocrites
Adam Hyde has cancelled his heavily-criticised gig at a major horse racing event.
The Peking Duk front man was set to perform under his stage name ‘Keli Holiday’ on the first day of Royal Randwick’s Championships carnival on April 4, The Australian Turf Club announced this week.
However, following extensive backlash, on Wednesday The Australian Turf Club confirmed that Hyde has officially withdrawn from the event.
‘The Australian Turf Club (ATC) advises that the scheduled performance by Keli Holiday at The Championships Day 1 has been cancelled,’ a social media post on the club’s official page read.
‘Keli Holiday’s management has informed ATC of his decision to withdraw from the performance. We will provide further event updates where relevant.’
Hyde and his media personality girlfriend Abbie Chatfield were slammed as hypocrites after the top-charting musician initially took the paid gig to perform at the major race meet despite Chatfield’s anti-racing stance.
Adam Hyde has cancelled his heavily-criticised gig at a major horse racing event. Pictured with girlfriend Abbie Chatfield in November
Following extensive backlash, on Wednesday The Australian Turf Club confirmed that Hyde has officially withdrawn
The gig announcement took racing fans and animal rights activists by surprise, after Chatfield, 30, made headlines when she blasted celebrities who attended Derby Day at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November 2022.
The podcaster and former Bachelor star claimed she had refused a significant payday to make an appearance at a racing carnival event.
‘Guys I thought we were done with the races,’ Chatfield said in a clip shared to her Instagram Stories at the time.
‘I thought that wasn’t a thing anymore. Like, why are so many people going to the races. What the hell?’
Chatfield then posted a second clip in which she said she had gotten ‘snarky comments’ from people who had asked her over DMs if she was even invited.
‘Yeah, I was offered money to go. A lot of money, I said f*** the races,’ she said.
The announcement that Hyde was set to perform at Randwick was met with a mostly negative response from confused fans.
‘I’m all for Australian performers and people from all sides of politics and different of opinion, but this person and partner speak out so loudly about horse racing in The Spring that I feel it’s a bit tone deaf?’ one said.
Chatfield, 30, made headlines when she blasted celebrities who attended Derby Day at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in November 2022
The announcement that Hyde was set to perform at Randwick was met with a mostly negative response from confused fans
‘Shows how hypocritical the anti-racing mob can be really?!’ a second said.
‘Guess we’re not that done with the races,’ a third commented.
Animal rights activists also called out the high-profile couple.
Instagram animal rights activist ‘warriorforanimals’ claimed both Hyde and Chatfield would attend the races ‘despite shaming everyone else’.
‘Keli Holiday will be performing at the races for Royal Randwick’s The Championships,’ the account posted.
‘Virtue signalling is clearly what you both do best and this proves it once again. Get off your high horses Abbi[e] Chatfield and Kelli Holiday!’
It’s unknown how much Hyde was set to earn from his performance which was scheduled to kick off after the final contest of the 10-race card, which features Group 1 classics the TJ Smith, the Doncaster Mile and the ATC Derby.
The prestigious three-week Autumn carnival is the jewel of Sydney’s racing crown alongside the super-successful The Everest meet held in October.
More than 286,000 people attended last year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival while more than 50,000 fans attended The Everest at Randwick.
