'I'm a comedian besides a singer. I wasn't doing it to be hateful...,' so Etta James comments on her slamming Beyonce Knowles' 'At Last' performance.
- Feb 6, 2009
AceShowbiz - Etta James admits to have fooled around when slamming Beyonce Knowles over the 27-year-old's "At Last" performance during Barack Obama's inauguration ball. On emphasizing the matter, she says that she is "a comedian besides a singer."
Etta says, "She's up here singing my song, now what am I gonna do? I'm a comedian besides a singer. I wasn't doing it to be hateful... I think I'm funny and she's not the only one I'll say something about." She then adds, "She got up there and sang it and didn't give me a chance to sing 'At Last'."
Etta James previously blasted Beyonce Knowles during her show at Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam earlier in January. She stated, "The great Beyonce. Like I said, she ain't mine. ... I can't stand Beyonce. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day, gonna be singing my song that I've been singing forever."
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