{"id":"1792777385230-culture-show_open","slug":"rogue-s-accent-sparks-x-men-debate","title":"Rogue's accent sparks X-Men debate","summary":"Slayyyter cancelled only two shows, Copenhagen and Hamburg, after doctors advised her to avoid further voice damage; she said she expects to resume the tour in Warsaw on 24 October, and the remaining UK dates were not cancelled.","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T17:43:05.230Z","channel":{"id":"culture","name":"Oncast Music","language":"en"},"show":"Pop Lunch","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"FALSE","notes":"FALSE: Slayyyter cancelled only two shows, Copenhagen and Hamburg, after doctors advised her to avoid further voice damage; she said she expects to resume the tour in Warsaw on 24 October, and the remaining UK dates were not cancelled.\nSource: independent.co.uk NAMES: Slayyyter = American singer-songwriter Catherine Garner. POST 2113679878348538303: NOCLAIM POST 2113677812657762771: NOCLAIM POST 21136 (https://x.com/PopBase/status/2113679423987970265)","claims":[{"verdict":"FALSE","summary":"Slayyyter cancelled only two shows, Copenhagen and Hamburg, after doctors advised her to avoid further voice damage; she said she expects to resume the tour in Warsaw on 24 October, and the remaining UK dates were not cancelled.","sourceName":"independent.co.uk NAMES: Slayyyter = American singer-songwriter Catherine Garner. POST 2113679878348538303: NOCLAIM POST 2113677812657762771: NOCLAIM POST 21136","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2113679423987970265","claim":"Slayyyter has cancelled the remainder of her UK/EU shows due to laryngitis and vocal cord tears. https://t.co/7s4O9D5jxs","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2113679423987970265","name":"independent.co.uk NAMES: Slayyyter = American singer-songwriter Catherine Garner. POST 2113679878348538303: NOCLAIM POST 2113677812657762771: NOCLAIM POST 21136","kind":"x","verdict":"FALSE","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792777385230-culture-show_open-rogue-s-accent-sparks-x-men-debate","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/culture","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792777385230-culture-show_open-rogue-s-accent-sparks-x-men-debate","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792777385230-culture-show_open-rogue-s-accent-sparks-x-men-debate and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Laura","text":"It's Friday afternoon, you're listening to Pop Lunch, and Rogue's accent is already causing chaos."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"The X-Men haven't even started filming and the internet has opinions."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Inde Navarrette posted a sneak peek of her Rogue voice — the iconic \"sugar\" line."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"And she's already said she'll work on it if fans don't like it."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Smart move. She saw what happened to every actor who got defensive online."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"The accent is the whole thing with Rogue. She's Southern, she's dramatic, she says \"sugah.\""},{"host":"Laura","text":"If it's not a little camp, it's not right."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's a rare kind of confidence for a big franchise role."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Meanwhile, Slayyyter had to cancel shows — and the rumor mill went wild."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Just two shows. Copenhagen and Hamburg."},{"host":"Laura","text":"People online said she cancelled her whole UK and EU run."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Not true. Reportedly, doctors told her to rest her voice after vocal cord tears, but she's back in Warsaw October twenty-fourth."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Vocal cord tears sound terrifying for a singer."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"One fan pointed out you could hear her voice was absolutely gone in recent performance videos."},{"host":"Laura","text":"So it sounds like a health thing, not a scheduling thing. Hope she heals up."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"And we've got a new look at 'The Gallerist' with Jenna Ortega and Natalie Portman."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Two of the most intense eyes in Hollywood in one frame."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's a lot of staring."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Jenna Ortega in a psychological thriller about the art world? I'm already stressed."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That's the pitch. Portman in a gallery, Ortega in her orbit, everything gets weird."},{"host":"Laura","text":"I need that energy at the movies. Give me two unhinged performances and a creepy auction."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"We'll keep an eye on it — more Pop Lunch coming up after this."}]}