Babyface followers, stand up.
The 65-year-old singer obtained snubbed by two reporters from the Related Press who have been extra fascinated by speaking to Chappell Roan on the 2025 Grammy Awards pink carpet.
The incident went viral on social media as many individuals — together with Khloé Kardashian — bashed the “disrespectful” journalists, Krysta Fauria and Leslie Ambriz.
Babyface (whose actual identify is Kenneth Brian Edmonds) was in the midst of his interview with the AP when one of many reporters observed that Roan, 26, was behind them.
Fauria shouted Roan’s identify, and Babyface realized that the duo was not listening to him.
“You guys wanna take that? Go do that then,” Babyface politely informed the reporters, who mentioned “sorry” to the 13-time Grammy winner.
Babyface then handed the mic to the reporters and walked away because the pair welcomed Roan over to interview her.
The reporters apologized for snubbing Babyface on the finish of the pink carpet.
“I’m really sorry about interrupting Babyface earlier,” mentioned Fauria. “Chappell Roan had come up and there was a lot of commotion as there is on these carpets. But I’m a big Babyface fan, as are we all. And I just wanted to say that I really apologize.”
Kardashian, 40, slammed the reporters and shared a clip of the incident on X (previously Twitter).
“This is so disrespectful how Babyface was treated in this interview,” mentioned Kardashian. “Babyface has had such a significant impact on the music industry, in sooo many ways. It’s maddening to see a LEGEND not get the respect and attention they deserve.”
“He is a pioneer and deserves so much better than this,” the fact star continued. “With decades of groundbreaking work as a songwriter, producer, and performer, he’s shaped the sound of multiple generations.”
Kardashian tagged Babyface and wrote, “I love you. I am a forever fan and thankful for all that you have blessed us with By the way- what a class act you are PS big or small, old or new — you don’t treat people like this. At least not in my eyes. There’s a way to handle this and this was wrong in my opinion.”
Extra X customers criticized the reporters for a way they handled Babyface.
“They just disrespected Babyface CRAZY!” one fan wrote.
“Ummm.@AP who in the absolute hell are these interviewers???? Treating THEE Babyface as if he’s some sort of random person off the street?! Wow… Pathetic…” one other particular person mentioned.
A 3rd tweet learn, “That was so unprofessional, talking to THEE babyface but interrupting it for Chappell Roan?? it’s just straight-up disrespectful no matter who the person is. They should be fired for that.”
Added a unique fan, “My jaw literally dropped, like, that was so rude.”
Babyface gained his thirteenth Grammy Award final 12 months for Finest R&B Tune as a songwriter on SZA’s “Snooze.”
Roan, in the meantime, gained her first Grammy for Finest New Artist on Sunday evening.
