Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, an American singer and songwriter, faced a bizarre situation at the Grammy Awards when he was cut off mid-sentence by reporters upon the arrival of singer Chappell Roan.
The reporters involved in the situation were Leslie Ambriz and Krysta Fauria, who stopped Edmonds to lean over and shout, “Chappell! Chappell!”
The singer responded by stepping aside and smiling, telling them that they should “Go do that.”
Celebrities and fans alike took to social media to express their anger over the situation with Khloe Kardashian writing, “This is so disrespectful how Babyface was treated in this 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.“
She added, “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.”
“13x Grammy Award-winning Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds? Am I seeing this correctly?,” wrote Dionne Warwick.
They then responded to the backlash, 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 privately, saying, “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.”