Etta James Tries To Clear Up Beyonce/Obama Diss
Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by CSS in Entertainment, Fighting Words
Etta James says she was only joking when she poked fun at President Obama and threatened to snatch off Beyonce’s lacefront during a concert in Seattle last weekend.
“I didn’t really mean anything. Even as a little child, I’ve always had that comedian kind of attitude. …That’s probably what went into it,” the legendary soul songstress said in an interview with the New York’s Daily News on Thursday.
“Nobody was getting mad at me in Seattle,” she adds. “They were all laughing, and it was funny.”
Etta maintains that the jokes were “not from a vicious place,” but admits that she was hurt about not being invited to perform her trademark ballad, “At Last,” for the President and First Lady’s inauguration night First Dance.
Since when is threatening to kick somebody’s ass not considered “vicious?” Maybe Ole Etta’s getting senile.
“I feeling left out of something that was basically mine, that I had done every time you look around,” she said. When asked if she thought she could have done a better job performing the song, Etta answered, “I think so. That’s a shame to say that.”
What do you guys think about Etta’s explanation?
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Gloria E Washington
06. Feb, 2009
Etta is on too many Black Beauties to loose some weight, she must have been high. She was such a junkie, she couldn’ even protect any of her music. She let Beyonce play her in the movie and praised her. What is her immediate problem. Must be senility.