‘I Didn’t Like It At All:’ Wale Responds To Kelly Clarkson’s Sideways Comment To Miguel During The Grammys

February 12th, 2013 - By Jazmine Denise Rogers
Source: WENN, Johnny Louis

Source: WENN, Johnny Louis

During Sunday night’s airing of the Grammy Awards, eyebrows raised as Kelly Clarkson mounted the stage to accept her award for Best Pop Vocal Album and delivered a rather awkward acceptance speech that many considered to be slighting to R&B vocalist, Miguel.

“Miguel, I don’t know who the hell you are, but we need to sing together. I mean, good God. That was the se*iest damn thing I’ve ever seen,” Clarkson said, refferring to Miguel’s sultry performance of hit single “Adorn”.

Although many didn’t think much of the singer’s comments, others found them highly offensive and slighting to Miguel. While Miguel has yet to come out to express whether or not he felt shafted by Kelly’s comments, friend and peer Wale had a few words to say about the comments.

“I didn’t like the Kelly Clarkson back-handed comments to Miguel. I didn’t like that at all. I just feel like our urban music is belittled, a little bit. Not trying to offend nobody on the committee, but for a record as big as ‘Adorn,’ and it to not be presented as a real performance onstage; it was almost like a segue to an award. Again, I don’t want to offend anybody on the committee, but that wasn’t a very good representation of our music because ‘Adorn’ is gonna be around for the next 30 years,” Wale expressed to MTV following the awards.

What makes Kelly’s comment even more interesting is that she and Miguel are actually label mates over at RCA Records.

Check out Clarkson’s full acceptance speech on the next page. Is Wale being sensitive or does he have a point?

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  • Nikki

    Just because they are label mates, doesnt mean shes familar with his music. She loved his performance!

  • latoya

    I dont no who ole boy is either and I’m black

  • guest

    estgYall talking about migul he was fantastic. He should have done the whole song by hisself there was no reason to have wiz up there he was a distraction. Please someone talk about how horriblwe frank ocean was. He looked awkward and sounded worse . I don’t lnow what he was trying to prove, but if i had to pay to see that i would have asked for my money back.

  • Babydoll 70

    I don’t think she was belittling him. She probably just had never heard his music but obviously likes it if she wants to do a song with him. Geesh. Sensitive folk.

  • IAJS

    Most of you guys are coming to her defense, but the fact is they are label mates so she might have been throwing real shade

    • Guest360

      How did she throw shade when she COMPLIMENTED HIM and said they needed to make a duet? I swear some took the first part of her sentence and ran with it as if she didn’t immediately state that his performance was amazing and they needed to do something together. Some shade throwing that was lol

      • IAJS

        Depending on the person it could be a back handed compliment which is shade!!! We don’t know Kelly personally she could be slick at the tongue. It’s irritating how our ppl are quick to jump to the rescue for a person of another race but are quick to jump on our own. What Wale said was not disrespectful, it was the truth and mannerable but yet people on here are commenting about him being irrelevant and what not.

        • Guest360

          I’m sorry but it’s hard for me to see “back handed compliment” when a) it was the absolute truth considering people on his own label didn’t even know who he was due to his lack of notoriety and b) she asked him to work with her during an acceptance speech where she didn’t have to include him at all but in fact, is the reason why ALOT of people are talking about him. No we don’t know Kelly personally but after 11 years on the scene, I think you can assume she’s not the type to give back handed compliments or throw shade, considering she’s never done it to anyone else. But ok. She threw “shade” by offering to work with him. Wish all shade throwing was that benevolent lol.

          • IAJS

            good day

    • pretty1908

      i work with a lot of people.. we work at the largest pyschiatric facility in our state… so if i say i don’t know sheila but she does great work is that shade…. no !

      • IAJS

        If you are a sly person, yes it is.

  • SexNdaCity

    I admit I cringed when she said that, because it almost came off as if she’s this huge star and he’s just this random singer that only like 5 people listen to. It was a little rude in my opinion. Just because it ended up in a compliment doesn’t take away from the way she said the first statement. However, it was clear she had been drinking, so it really should be taken with a grain of salt.

    • Guest360

      But it was the truth. I’m sorry but Miguel is just NOW getting attention after spending a great deal of time as an underground artist. He is a random singer who literally came out of no where (to some) and blew many people away with his performance at the Grammy’s. I don’t see anything wrong with someone who has never heard of him before saying so and giving him his props and in fact, offered to work with him right there on the spot after that ONE performance he did. Hell, I didn’t even know who he was until a few months ago and only because Madame Noire talked about him being prettier than his girlfriend lol.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8210721 Joy Kamille

    And Miguel won’t be saying anything either. He too busy counting his itunes sales. Thanks Kelly.

  • Sagittarius81

    Shoot, not everybody know who the he!! Wale is, I don’t even find Kelly’s comment offensive at all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/shanifiu Shani Bernard

    You go ahead Kelly girl

  • Kahekili

    I can see how some people make take her comment offensively, but one thing that is for sure – Wale is one of the most annoying people ever!

  • Shaybaby

    I don’t think Kelly was trying to shade Miguel. Besides I have to take Wale’s criticism with a grain of salt considering he has a problem with women in general anyway.

  • yeahdat

    Kelly could have easily left the whole” I don’t know who the he’ll your are ” out of the speech and just have him a compliment…and Miguel is more relevant than Kelly anyways

  • http://www.facebook.com/michelle.thornton.37 Michelle Thornton

    With all these stupid rap beefs you mean to tell me Wale Kelly Clarkson is of big concern.

  • Bahamamama

    I was pretty annoyed by her statement as well. Then again pretty much everything about Kelly Clarkson rubs me the wrong way.

  • jj

    i kinda cringed when she said it but she seemed a lil tipsy and i didnt think she meant harm

    HOWEVER they could have let him perform that entire song by himself,wiz khalifa coulda sat down somewhere

    i would love to see soul performances showcased at the grammys more or at least as much as country is

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