Mick Jagger

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16. Searching for it, I suspect it's fake

It turns up as an all-caps caption beneath a picture of him, but no-one ever said where he said it, or when. The longest "quote" I can find is here:

https://oldies.azexplained.com/extremely-dissatisfied-in-an-unexpected-and-deeply-emotional-statement-rolling-stones-frontman-mick-jagger-has-spoken-out-against-what-he-describes-as-a-disturbing-new-phenomenon-o.html

That adds other 'quotes' from him like “I came of age when people had nothing, when we leaned on each other just to get by,” he reflected. “Now I see young people, even whole groups, filming themselves dancing or cheering while someone else lies hurt or humiliated. That is not just cruel — it is a sickness.”; or "crowds cheering not at concerts, not at victories, but at pain, death, and humiliation". But I can't find anything else claiming he said that.

A Rolling Stones Facebook fan group posted it on 18th Sept. https://www.facebook.com/groups/347378540986064/posts/798062492584331/ Some said it was fake; one reply claims it comes from Rolling Stone magazine, but I can't find that interview (which you'd think Rolling Stone would advertise heavily, even if they don't make it freely available, to get people to subscribe).

Snopes investigated various claims about what Jagger supposedly said after Kirk was shot - and concluded he'd said nothing. This one sounds rather like:

Similarly, a widely viewed post on X claimed Jagger was quoted as saying "I've never witness anything this sick," in response to people cheering for Kirk's death.

However, there were no such posts on Jagger's X account reacting to Kirk's death. A Google search for Jagger and the quote "I've never witnessed anything this sick" did not return any results apart from social media posts sharing the claim.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mick-jagger-charlie-kirk/