In a telephone interview to The Press Enterprise on Thursday morning, Etta James claims the comments she made about Beyonce Knowles last week, were just in good fun.
“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.”
If you’ve been living under a rock somewhere then you might have missed our earlier story featuring the classic singer saying some not so nice things about the popular star.
However, the 71 year old James also make sure to note that she takes a lot of pride in her signature song and would have loved to sing it at the Inaugural Ball Event.
“She got up there and sang it and didn’t give me a chance to sing ‘At Last,’” James said.
Wonder what Beyonce thinks of all the Hoopla? Her reps have remained silent during the whole thing.
she lying…her old ass is high and she hatin
PEOPLE TOOK THIS WHOLE THING TO FAR I HEARD WHAT SHE SAID AND NEVER THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT IT! NOW ENOUGH WITH THIS ETTA MESS
I wonder what’s going to Beyonce’s mind… Ms. Etta is obviously still hittin’ the pipe!!
well..that was fast.
see she was jokin and the beyonce haters tryna sniff for anyhting on beyonce i know she just be laughin anyway love u bee and etta lol
awwwwwwwww man… thought i was first… oh well!!!… 3rd is fine with me!!! never been up there so high!!! lol
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I NOTICE SHE DIDN’T TAKE ANY OF HER STATEMENT BACK…LOL!!! SHE MEANT IT…
MY MAMA TOLD ME EVERYTIME SOMEBODY MAKES A JOKE, A PERCENTAGE OF IT IS THAT PERSON’S TRUTH….IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN A PERSON MAKE A JOKE, A PART OF THEM REALLY BELIEVES AND FEELS THAT WAY….
SHE MEANT IT! LOL!!!! POOR THANG, THE PRESS BEEN KICKING DOWN HER DOOR AND RINGING HER PHONE OFF THE HOOK OVER THIS SHIT…
Joke my ass.
Etta need to fall back! She should be happy and honored! And u no what?? When she dies u know they gonna mention this. I can’t stand old mean people! What a shame!
Please. She meant every single word!!! Lmao. poor beyonce was prolly crying those eyes out. Lmao
Hhmmmm…she wasn’t playing quit telling tales Etta. lol
I thought is was a jokey joke in the first place. In fact, I thought what she said was funny as hell!!!
In fact the only thing Ms. James forgot to mention in her “joke” was how Beyonce’s areolas were showing during her performance, lol!!!
Why is Etta backsliding on this one? If you said it, stand by it.
i dont at all give too hoots about a beyonce…but etta james gon’ have to sit her decrepit ass down somewhere nobody was thought about u ms. james until beyonce got in that movie and dug that ish back up so be grateful you get to get 5 mins of fame for her and hush..plus the song is shitty and has never been all that great
She wasn’t joking. Etta, girl, please. If you’re gonna talk smack about people, don’t backpedal. You better woman up and OWN that shyt you said. Point Blank.
Beyonce is very professional. There probably wasn’t any love lost. Beyonce and Ms James know what’s up! I do think that Etta James was a little upset about not being able to sing “her song”, however, couldn’t have chosen a better candidate. Beyonce sounded like Ms. James herself. Can’t be mad at that! Well Ms James can. LOL
Guys, she is a former heroin addict and obvious attention whore.
Why anyone would take anything she says seriously is beyond me. She was popping off at the mouth when news first broke that Beyonce was cast to play her. She should have thanked God Beyonce made her relevant to younger audiences.
Also, this goes to show how irresponsible “blog journalism” is. This story was on every damn black gossip blog on the internet only because it is so “in” to hate Beyonce.
If Etta had only made the comments about Obama everyone would have laughed her off as some crazy old kook. But because she defamed Beyonce everyone was all of a sudden an Etta James fan and took her seriously.
LMAO.
……she meant every word lolol
……..she didnt say she was sorry either lolol bey
…..prolly somewhere crying just
….. stop tryna take over the music bizness
……your not god bey.. some folks will whoop dat ass
…… messing with their money lolol daddy didnt teach you that
Stand by what u say, cause CLEARLY, u were not joking.
LMFAO Okay Etta..Sure..
Poor Etta…When People Get Old They’re Rude & Angry At the World One Minute and Babies And Need Your Help the Next….She’s Senile…I Understand….
Beyonce needed to be taken down off that pedal stool she put her fat ass on!
Oh well who caresz anywaysz.
She did mean it, and I don’t blame her. Im sure her camp advised her to say it was a joke for damage control. She probably realized she went a little too far after she sobered up. Notice she didn’t apologize.
Beyonce is not God, although a lot of her hypnotized, mindless, borderline psychotic fans think she is. If Etta was upset with her singing that song at the ball, she has every right to be. Its not that serious. Beyonce would have a fit if someone sang one of her ghetto nursery rhyme sounding songs to an important couple at an historic event. It’s natural. Get over it people.
She was serious. She was a little BITTER because she felt like she should have been asked to sing the song by the President, much like Aretha Franklin was asked personally to sing at the inauguration. ARETHA FRANKLIN is a LEGEND and so is ETTA JAMES. It would have been alot more tasteful if ETTA sang for the OBAMAS & not BEYONCE.
I think she had no idea her comments would end up all over the industry & news/media the way it did, thats why she is covering it up now–trying to sugar coat her comments.
Its okay ETTA JAMES we still love you regardless!
Shoot i commend etta for speaking her mind. Everybody isnt in love with beyonce. get over it
Them Beyonce Stans probably tormented poor Etta til she had no choice…I WAS pissed at her, still am lol
I do believe that Ms. Etta was probably just jealous that she wasn’t asked to sing the song. It probably would have been nice, but do she still have her voice?
And to all those people on here calling her “OLD ASS” you can only hope God blesses you to live to be her age. ETTA JAMES made that song FAMOUS…not BEYONCE (who looks nothing like her, I dont know why they picked her (terrible actor) to play the part of this music LEGEND!
That movie FLOPPED BIG TIME at the box office what a disgrace!!!
Etta DOES owe Beyonce an ass whippin for the acting she did in that movie!
Lol at #’s 1 & 28.
That shit wasnt funny and if she was REALLY playing then she should have said so right after. I STILL THINK SHE’S AN OLD BATTLE AX! And she needs to fall back!
Agree with # 24.. So right. So true.
@FLYONE
Your a hater hun! Beyonce did the damn thang in that movie. Thats the best acting Ive ever seen Beyonce do. Etta wasnt playing she owes Beyonce and Obama apology! Wit her old ass! Yea I said it!
WOW THE WOMEN JUST SAID WASN’T TRYING TO BE MEAN , AND U PPL STILL WANTING SOMEONE TO SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BEYONCE U PPL HATE HER THAT MUCH?? THAT IS JUST SAD!!!!! BEE IS STILL THE QUEEN!!!!! BUT SHE STILL MAKES IT ON TOP GO BEE!!!
FUCC THIS OLD LADY MAN. ENOUGH ABOUT HER! Beyonce aint worried about this old tramp.
Etta went on stage in Seattle last week and told the crowd she’s gonna lay the smack down on B for “singin’ my song” at Obama’s Inauguration Ball. But not only did the 71-year-old not write the song, she wasn’t even the first — or second — to record it!
Glenn Miller did it first in 1942, followed by Nat King Cole in 1957. Etta got around to recording it in 1961. In fact, Glenn’s version ranked higher on the Billboard Pop Singles chart than Etta’s ever did.
Etta is the same as she’s always been. I don’t see why anyone is surprised by her comments.
@Lady C.
That is so Tru !!
The beyonce stands that are women, Are Single Ladies with no man and ya will never find ya Jay-z losers.
The only true Stans are gay.
Females and males that go hard for beyonce are really why get a life damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway i knew she was joking but people like to make everything so big. Where were ya when Beyonce was poping off about the jacksons
Etta covered the song, just like Beyonce. Point.Blank.Period.
The fact that Etta and her people are having to do all of the explaining shows that Beyonce did nothing wrong in all of this, and anybody trying to blame her for anything is just being hateful
Jealousy. That’s the core of this entire thing. Etta was jealous and she’s probably ashamed to admit it now, so she’s beating around the bush.
The previous story on this stated that Ms. James couldn’t attend the Inauguration festivities because of her health…which means, she may have been invited and MAY even have been asked to sing the song but couldn’t because of her health.
Etta – you’re a legend, but relax…you sounding like B stole your song and you were kept away by others from attending and singing in the first place.
We do have to remember that the administration requested that B sing the song in the for the occasion.
If anyone has the right to be upset, it should be the original singer of the damn song, not Etta.
I DONT BELIEVE THIS BULLSHIT… WHAT ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT MY BOI OBAMA … MS.ETTA YOU GOT SOME SERIOUS ISSUES MAMA
Backtracking to save face. She must have realized what an azz she made of herself. She is upset that she was not asked to sing the song, but her own son told the world she was too sick to sing it. For all she knows she was asked and he said “Nah momma too drunk for that.” Plus the Obamas picked that as one of their theme songs before the election. And they along with the inaugeration commitee asked Beyonce to sing that song, not the other way around. Besides Barack and Michelle did not need to see her rubbing on her old wrinkled cooch, spewing profanities and slurring like a drunkard at their big event.
LETS BE FOR REAL….BEYONCE does steal songs, & choreography. So can you really blame Ms. JAMES for being a little upset or feeling a little threatened over this BEYONCE singing the song she made a HIT?
BEYONCE is like the BIGGEST “COPY-CAT” in the industry right now! are yall serious about saying ETTA wasn’t the original artist of the AT LAST song? Lets not go there when the queen of STEALING other artists work (BEYONCE is involved in this story–lets not forget).
And yall also on here talking “CLASS” & ETTA needs to be CLASSY & she too old not to be more CLASSY!
Okay wait, & since when is BEYONCE’s uneducated ass ever “CLASSY”? NEVER–PUH-LEEEZE!
LOL @ #48
I seriously got a mental image of Etta crawling around on the floor singing and using the mic as a phallic device, LOL.
OMG #! 48 u runied my brain, i can see that
and #49 get over it yall been saying it for years, dont yall get tired of this. GET A LIFE
Etta obviously forgot to take her medication..
LIES!!!!
She meant EVERY damn word she said, she didn’t even apologise!!! so dont be fooled!!
etta james your time is up and has been up your old ass needs to go away let the young and sexy replace your jelous ass!
@ #18
Shut the hell up, the story was on Perez and TMZ aswell
Etta is an idiot . she said Obama is not her president, yet she would have like to sing for him. pure hypocrite. Also ,its not Etta’s song Glenn Miller did it first in 1942, followed by Nat King Cole in 1957. Etta got around to recording it in 1961. In fact, Glenn’s version ranked higher on the Billboard Pop Singles chart than Etta’s ever did.
Etta had too much Gin. if you see Cadillac records you will understand
Aretha puts B in Check = $25 million
Janet Jackson puts B in Check = $25 million
Etta Checkmates B = Priceless (Worth more than $80 million)
Well at least Etta is kinda witty…in a way.
I actually consider the stuff Aretha said about her and Tina Turner more annoying as the whole thing was so childish (who is the Queen).
Etta James is obviously jealous, Beyonce Obviously has more money than anyone commenting on this blog who cares get over it point blank