Katy Perry
American pop star Katy Perry was on the receiving end of a backlash, after recently making a remark that was thought as a dig at fellow singer Britney Spears.
On the Grammys red carpet, Perry was asked by television and radio host Ryan Seacrest about the three-year hiatus she took from music, to which she replied: “That is called taking care of your mental health…and I have not shaved my head yet.”
Many believed that Perry’s statement was making fun of Spears’ very public mental breakdown back in 2007, which had the latter shaving her head, after reportedly leaving a rehabilitation facility. The incident was regarded as one of the darkest, most trying moments in Spears’ life, so it did not come as a surprise that many of her loyal fans took to Twitter to express anger and disappointment in Perry.
“Mental illness is not something you joke about,” a Twitter user wrote.
Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana’s apology
Hell hath no fury like the BeyHive scorned.
Amid the controversy prompted by Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” losing the album of the year trophy to Adele’s “25” at the recent Grammy Awards, the legendary guitarist Carlos Santana weighed in on the issue and inadvertently fanned the flames, when he said that the American pop star was not a “singer singer.”
“I think Adele won because she can sing sing,” Santana told the Australian Associate Press in an interview promoting his tour in the country. “With all respect to our sister Beyoncé, she is very beautiful to look at, and it is more like modeling kind of music—music to model a dress.”
Expectedly, his comments did not sit well with Beyoncé’s legions of impassioned fans, who are collectively known as the BeyHive, who promptly swarmed Santana’s social media accounts. Apparently feeling the sting, the rock-Latin music artist backtracked, and issued an apology on Facebook.
“My comment about Beyoncé was regretfully taken out of context. I have the utmost respect for her as an artist and a person. She deserves all the accolades that come her way. I wish Beyoncé and her family all the best,” Santana wrote.
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran uninvited
Ed Sheeran has two best-selling albums and Grammy Awards—included in his growing list of achievements—but apparently, those do not give him instant access to after-parties—even those mounted by his own label.
Responding to a New York Post story that he was denied entry when he tried to go to the post-Grammy event hosted by the Warner Music Group at the Milk Studios in Los Angeles, because it was already “filled to capacity,” Sheeran told the radio program “On Air”: “Yeah, that has actually happened to me four years in a row,” the British singer-songwriter said. “And that is not just my label’s after-party, that goes to after-parties in general!”—Allan Policarpio