pic.twitter.com/HR3ikojfGc— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) October 26, 2024Taking to Instagram, she shared a video in which she apologised to the Free and Equal Elections team who organised the debate, and called it a “mishap” on her behalf.“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to mess up the national anthem, she said. “This has been something I’ve been scared of since I was a little girl […] I was scared I was gonna fail and then I did, and the world’s seen it.”Later on in the performance, she said that she had the blunder because she “got too nervous” during the set.Soon after making the rounds online, various users took to the comment section to share their thoughts on the blunder.
Many of which likened it to the infamous rendition performed by Fergie at the NBA All-Star Game in 2018.A post shared by LOOMIS (@officialloomis)“I know Fergie is somewhere smiling hard af right now bc she no longer has the worst national anthem performance in history,” one wrote on X/Twitter, while someone commented on the TikTok post saying: “Fergie has officially earned her retirement.”As highlighted by the BBC, another incident where an artist was mocked online for a performance of the US National Anthem took place earlier this year, when country singer Ingrid Andress sang at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby.
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