COLUMBUS - Pop singer Olivia Rodrigo showed public support for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton during a tour stop in Columbus on Friday night, according to The Hill. The outlet reported that Rodrigo walked through the crowd at the Schottenstein Center on The Ohio State University campus while performing her song “stupid song” and handed flowers to Acton, a Democrat, in what the report described as a show of support in a close contest.
A separate report from Billboard described a different gesture. According to Billboard, Rodrigo wore a concert shirt supporting Dr. Amy Acton for governor, and the outlet's headline places the shirt amid a Ramaswamy ad controversy. Billboard also reported that Acton posted on Instagram after the show, writing “Ohio loves you.”
The two accounts describe different items, flowers in The Hill's report and a shirt in Billboard's, and the available summaries do not say whether both took place at the same show. Neither summary gives details of the Ramaswamy advertisement referenced in Billboard's headline, and the summaries do not explain how that controversy relates to the concert.
The Hill identified Acton as a Democratic candidate for Ohio governor and described the contest as close. The summary does not say what sources supported that description or how the race stands in other reporting. The available summaries do not include further details about the Columbus event.
Sources: Billboard: Olivia Rodrigo Wears Concert Shirt Supporting Dr. Amy Acton for Ohio Governor Amid Ramaswamy Ad Controversy; The Hill: Olivia Rodrigo gives Amy Acton flowers at Columbus concert.