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Slipknot's Corey Taylor will leave America if Donald Trump is elected

by Dan MacRae

In a move that could lead to a Celebrity Apprentice blackballing, Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has threatened to leave America thanks to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Taylor pulled out the ol’ “if _____ is happening I’m packing my bags and leaving _____” chestnut during an appearance on Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3. He says Trump is an example of how things are going to shit right now.

“Everybody’s B.S.ed themselves into thinking that, ‘Oh, the worst of it’s in the future…’ No, we’re living it,” said Taylor. “The fact that Donald Trump is a real candidate for the presidency of the United States of fucking America. Are you kidding me? Okay. At this point, let’s just nominate Emo Philips too. Philips, Pauly Shore…. 2020.”

The masked metal vet says he’s already looked at places he could move to in response to the way he feels America’s going. He’s budget conscious, mind you.

“England’s too expensive. That was my first thought. ‘Cause I’ve actually priced out real estate there,” he explained. “England’s way too expensive. So I might end up in Guam or something. I’ll just build a hut. Belize. There are tons of islands in Belize that you can buy. I actually looked this up, because, for, like, five seconds, I was, like, ‘I’m gonna buy an island. Screw these people.’ And there are Caribbean islands for sale [via a dedicated web site]. I don’t even know if this still exists anymore, but I could have bought a half-natural for, like, five hundred thousand US dollars, by the way. Unfortunately, I would have had to build a hut there, because there was nothing there.”

May we suggest just lugging out one of Slipknot’s haunted houses into international waters? That’s allowed, right?

[h/t NME]