Update: In a telephone interview to The Press Enterprise on Thursday morning, Etta James brushed off her comments about Beyonce as just a joke explaining “I’m a comedian besides a singer. I wasn’t doing it to be hateful. I think I’m funny and she’s not the only one I’ll say something about.” James went on to say that she takes a lot of pride her signature song, and would have liked to have an opportunity to sing the song at the inaugural ball, where Beyoncé performed “She got up there and sang it and didn’t give me a chance to sing ‘At Last’.” – [Source]

Love muffins it seems as though Etta James is a little upset to say the least that Beyonce performed “At Last” during the first dance at the Neighborhood ball on Inauguration day. Check out below what the legendary soul singer had to say about Beyonce before she performed “At Last” live on stage last week.
“You guys know your president, right? You know the one with big ears? Yeah, wait a minute. He ain’t my president. I tell you that woman he had singing for him, singing my song, she gonna get her ass whipped. The great Beyonce. Now like I said, she ain’t mine. I can’t stand Beyonce! She had no business up there singing. Singing on a big ole, big ole presidential day and going be singing my song that I’ve been singing forever.”
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