After having a Confidential party scheduled at the Beverly Hills Hotel, John Legend refused to attend do to the owners social views: “John Legend will not be attending the L.A. Confidential party at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday, February 5th in light of the horrific anti-women and anti-LGBT policies approved by the hotel’s owner, the Sultan of Brunei. These policies, which among other things could permit women and LGBT Bruneians to be stoned to death, are heinous and certainly don’t represent John’s values or the spirit of the event. John does not, in any way; wish to further enrich the Sultan while he continues to enforce these brutal laws.” Many other celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres and Sharon Osborne have also boycotted visiting the Beverly Hills Hotel in the past.