Dionne Warwick had the perfect response after she was mistaken for Gladys Knight during ESPN's broadcast of the U.S. Open — and one of the commentators involved says there's a perfectly good explanation for the nationally televised gaffe.Warwick took to Twitter on Friday and shared her reaction after she was mistaken for the Empress of Soul by ESPN broadcasters Mary Carillo and Chanda Rubin during Serena Williams' upset win Thursday night against the world's No.
2 player, Anett Kontaveit, at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York.Throughout the match, cameras had been panning to the star-studded crowd.
But this time there was a mixup, as cameras showed two women in the stands. Carillo noted, «Gladys Knight» was in attendance.
Rubin seemed in awe and also exclaimed, «Gladys Knight!» Problem was, it wasn't Knight. It was actually Warwick. Warwick evoked two of her classic songs — «Walk on By» and «I Say a Little Prayer» — as well as Knight's classic, «Midnight Train to Georgia» for her epic clap back.
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