Yahoo Lifestyle Reporters Apologize After Awkwardly Interrupting Babyface’s Grammys Interview in Favor of Chappell Roan
During a live interview with the Associated Press, Babyface was interrupted and stepped aside in favor of letting the reporters interview Chappell Roan
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Babyface attends the 67th GRAMMY AwardsKenneth “Babyface” Edmonds didn’t get the Grammys recognition he expected on Sunday, Feb. 2.
The legendary 65-year-old music producer and singer-songwriter found himself in an awkward situation outside of the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles while speaking with Associated Press reporters Leslie Ambriz and Krysta Fauria.
In the middle of Edmonds’ interview, Fauria spotted best new artist nominee Chappell Roan making her way down the red carpet. Ignoring Edmonds, Fauria leaned to the side shouting, “Chappell, Chappell!” and speaking over Edmonds.
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Chappell Roan attends the 67th GRAMMY AwardsEdmonds turned and saw what was happening, smiled and said, “Go do that,” before stepping aside to let the reporters interview the “Pink Pony Club” singer.
PEOPLE reached out to Edmonds' representatives for his response to the incident, but they did not immediately respond.
The exchange sparked backlash online from fans, who found the reporters’ actions toward the music legend to be particularly rude.
“This is so disrespectful how Babyface was treated in this interview.,” Khloé Kardashian wrote on X, sharing a clip of the interview. It’s maddening to see a LEGEND not get the respect and attention they deserve. He is a pioneer and deserves so much better than this.“
The reality star added that Edmonds is a “class act,” noting, “PS big or small, old or new, - you don't treat people like this. At least not in my eyes. There's a way to handle this and this was wrong in my opinion.”
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Dionne Warwick agreed, posting the video to her X account, and writing, “13x Grammy Award-winning Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds? Am I seeing this correctly?” She then shared a screenshot of the definition of the word “decorum,” tagging the AP.
The AP released a statement on X after the awkward moment went viral, writing, “We are deeply sorry for cutting our interview with Babyface short on our YouTube livestream of the Grammys red carpet. We have apologized to him through his representative and to our viewers on the livestream.”
Fauria also apologized later in the livestream, saying on camera, “First I wanted to say that I’m really sorry about interrupting Babyface earlier. Chappell Roan had come up and there was a lot of commotion as there is on these carpets. I’m a big Babyface fan as are we all, so I just wanted to say that.”
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