The most touching part of President Obama’s inauguration ball was when Beyonce’s nipples performed At Last.
We’ve never seen nipple work like it. But while Barack Obama and the rest of the world were enchanted by Beyonce’s flawless rendition, one person wasn’t so keen – Etta James, the original performer of the song and the woman Beyonce played in Cadillac Records.
Apparently Etta James was so infuriated by the performance that she told a concert audience that Beyonce’s “gonna get her ass whupped.” Unlikely – Etta James is an old woman, and whupping an ass of Beyonce’s size would exhaust a professional cage fighter.
As far as intergenerational celebrity spats go, this is probably the best week of all time. Today we had Stephen King vs Stephenie Meyer, yesterday we had Hilary Duff vs Faye Dunaway and the day before that we had Christian Bale vs THE ENTIRE WORLD.
But before we start looking forward to tomorrow, when we hear that the entire cast of Gossip Girl is going to attack Elaine Stritch with hammers, we should tell you about yet another celebrity spat that’s flared up – Beyonce vs Etta James.
Beyonce and Etta James first started circling each other when it was revealed that Beyonce would be playing Etta in that Cadillac Records film that nobody saw. And it was a nice, mutually-exclusive relationship – Beyonce could star in a film that she could kid herself was Oscar-worthy while Etta James could be rediscovered by the six or so people who actually went to see the film – but then came Barack Obama’s inauguration, and that’s when things went tits up.
For whatever reason – we’re guessing it’s because she owned a dress that made her nipples look bigger than anyone else’s – Barack Obama chose Beyonce to perform At Last at his inauguration ball over Etta James. And that sent Etta James into enough of a meltdown to screech this at a concert audience in Seattle last week:
“You guys know your president, right? The one with the big ears? He ain’t my president. He might be yours… that woman he had singing for him…she’s gonna get her ass whupped. The great Beyonce…I can’t stand Beyonce.”
No, really, she did. Here’s the audio of it…
Genius. But, of course, this is just water off a duck’s back to Beyonce – Etta James is by no means the first veteran soul singer to round on her. Just last year Aretha Franklin got the hump with Beyonce for calling someone else ‘the queen’ instead of her. And where’s Aretha Franklin now, huh? She’s just a fat lady in a ridiculous hat.
Still, though, we can’t help but wish that this Beyonce/Etta James catfight had happened before Cadillac Records finished filming. After all, would you have gone to see a film where Beyonce plays a woman who grows up and comes to violently resent Beyonce, with an ending where Etta James Beyonce and Beyonce Beyonce have a Matrix-style battle on the roof of a burning building?
Shut up. Of course you bloody would.
John Book says
“At Last” was originally performed by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, not Etta James. James did record the more popular version, but was far from being the first. Also, the author of this article needs to do his research on Etta James.
Zeb says
Aretha a fat lady with a ridiculous hat? How about you introduce the lady that Rolling Stone magazine ranked as the #1 Greatest Singer of All Time this past month as something a little more honorary. Aretha Franklin has more grammy’s than any other r&b singer to day. She is the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Smithsonian National History Museum wants Aretha’s hat, and the maker of Aretha’s hat has gotten millions of orders for the hat.
At the Grammys, Beyonce introduced Tina Turner as the “Queen” of “Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Nancy Wilson, and others” and that was rude. Aretha said “Love to Beyonce” and dismissed it as a mistake on the grammy writers parts. Tina Turner said that it was okay because Aretha was just “ego inflated” and Aretha said it was wrong of Tina Turner to say that because the two had never met.
patti says
this fat cow needs to get a grip. etta james wasn’t the first to sing this song and beyonce wont be the last.
Julian Mentat says
Have you ever read Beyonce’s song lyrics? Jesus, Beyonce, you’ve got billions of dollars, you might spend a little of it on a spellchecker!
brood says
Spell check should be the next on the list of making Beyonce come across less ghetto, god knows how long it took to teach her how to speak. Ever watch her first interviews, she soulds like a 13yr old crack whore from the streets.
lapetite says
When I heard the audio of what Etta James said about Beyonce` I was shocked to say the least. I’m not suggesting that Etta has to LOVE Beyonce` but to
say such things in public was really beyond the pale. Shame on Etta James!
I would also say shame you Stuart Heritage for making such disparaging remarks about Beyonce`s butt and breasts. WTF?! How is that relevant to anything? FYI, 99.9% of African American women have shapely derriere’s and we are dam happy to have them. I mean seriously, who wants a ass like a ironing board???
Getting back on track…
The bottom line is this, if you don’t like Beyonce`s music don’t listen to it, if you don’t like her movies don’t go to see them it’s just that simple.
blochit says
Beyonce has a hispanic ass like J-Lo’s the second they stop moving past the 8hrs to sleep their ass blows up like a Jiffy popcorn package full of cellulite.
That angry amazon crotch thrusting she did in her “put a ring on it” video was repugnant. My friend said its like watching a tranny showing off his new vagina. Try to put a ring on it and loose an arm in that thing.
darieanua says
B needs toget pregent she getin on my nerves
bigg brian says
Yall hatin cause you don’t get laid aint nothing wrong with beyonce
UGH says
I hate Beyonce!! Ole illiterate bitch. She is over-rated! How dare you call Aretha a fat cow?? Excuse me u fuckin dummy, that is very disrespectful. This woman pave the way for that stupid bitch and others. Beyonce doesn’t even have soul, she will never be as good as Aretha, Etta or others. The only thing Beyonce will be remembered for is her body, which aint even all that. IE the sports illustrated mag. Ole tramp. Sell out bitch.