Patti LaBelle got by with a little help from the 2023 BET Awards audience after forgetting the lyrics during her rousing tribute to the late Tina Turner.The 79-year-old “Godmother of Soul” took the stage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 25, to pay homage to Turner, who died at age 83 in May.
As LaBelle began her rendition of “(Simply) the Best,” she confessed mid-verse that she didn’t quite know the words.“I’m trying, y’all!” she teased before launching into the chorus. “Whatever, I can’t see the words.”Though the performance went somewhat awry, the crowd didn’t lose steam and continued to dance along. “God bless you, Tina Turner, BET, hip-hop!” LaBelle said as she finished the tune.The awards show mishap quickly went viral, with some fans delivering mixed reviews of LaBelle’s effort. “I’m tired of Patti not showing up with her reading glasses,” one viewer tweeted on Sunday, while another called the memorable moment “wonderful, serotonin-inducing camp.”Other social media users compared the BET Awards snafu to LaBelle’s appearance at the 1996 National Tree Lighting, which remains an internet favorite. “Where my background singers?” she says in the clip while attempting to sing a holiday classic. “And that’s the wrong words on the cue cards, I don’t know the song … This Christmas.”When asked what went wrong on Sunday, a BET spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter: “It was an extraordinary privilege to celebrate the life and legacy of Ms.
Tina Turner at BET Awards 2023. Having the incomparable Ms. Patti LaBelle on our stage honoring one of her contemporaries was an equal privilege.
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