P!nk on VMA Speech: 'I Just Want Us All To Give Ourselves A Break'

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P!nk returned to the iHeartRadio Music Festival this year in Las Vegas for an amazing performance, and before she hit the stage (and the air), the singer/songwriter spoke to Elvis Duran about a number of topics, including her inspirational speech from her viral Video Vanguard Award acceptance during this year's VMAs. 

During an interview backstage, P!nk opened up about parenting, and the speech she made directed at her 6-year-old daughter Willow. She said: 

"I'm always overthinking parenting, and being a girl, and what it all means, especially, with the current climate that we live in. Willow, she's the love of my life, and I just want young girls to give themselves a break; young girls, older girls, I just want us all to give ourselves a break a little bit."

As you'll remember, during her VMA speech, P!nk spoke about self-image, directed at her daughter as she told a story about Willow. She said, "I said to her, 'Do you see me growing my hair?' She said, 'No, mama.' I said, 'Do you see me changing my body?' 'No, mama.' 'Do you see me changing the way I present myself to the world?' 'No, mama.' 'Do you see me selling out arenas all over the world?' 'Yes, Mama.' 'OK! So, baby girl. We don't change. We take the gravel and the shell and we make a pearl. And we help other people to change so they can see more kinds of beauty.'"

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P!nk also explained why she likes to fly during her shows. She tells iHeartRadio: 

"Number one, it's fun. Number two, I saw a lot of dancers doing it, but never the singer, and I figured that would be a fun thing to do, and it's fun to sing upside down. I was a gymnast for eight years, so I'm sort of completing the circle."

Relive the biggest, most unforgettable moments and performances from this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival by tuning in to a special two-night television special on Wednesday, October 4th and Thursday, October 5th from 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. ET/PT.

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