Grammys reporters apologise for 'grossly' snubbing Babyface to talk to Chappell Roan on red carpet

Associated Press journalists Leslie Ambriz and Krysta Fauria were interviewing Grammy-winning shaper Babyface erstwhile Fauria spotted popular prima Roan down them astatine the 2025 Grammys connected Sunday.

Babyface, 65, was mid-answer erstwhile Fauria called out: “Chappell! Chappell!”

Babyface handled the infinitesimal gracefully, saying, “You guys wanna bash that? Go bash that,” and walked away.

Ambriz said to the A-list star, “I’m truthful sorry. Sorry,” arsenic Roan, 26, stepped guardant to beryllium interviewed.

Footage of the infinitesimal was wide criticized connected societal media, with Grammy-winning vocalist Dionne Warwick calling retired the incident.

She shared the clip connected X with the caption: “13x Grammy Award winning Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds? Am I seeing this correctly?”

Warwick besides posted a screenshot of the explanation of the connection “decorum”.

A instrumentality responded, “I don't deliberation they’re alert of each the classics helium wrote,” to which she said: “And you shouldn't beryllium connected that reddish carpet unless you do.”

Fauria aboriginal apologised for the moment, saying: “I wanted to accidental that I’m truly atrocious astir interrupting Babyface earlier.

“There was a batch of commotion connected the carpet, but I’m a large Babyface fan, arsenic are we all. I truly apologize."

Khloe Kardashian, 40, besides supported Babyface connected her Instagram Story, writing: “This is truthful disrespectful… Babyface has had specified a important interaction connected the euphony industry.

“He is simply a pioneer and deserves truthful overmuch amended than this. With decades of groundbreaking enactment arsenic a songwriter, producer, and performer, he's shaped the dependable of aggregate generations.”

“I emotion you Babyface and I americium a everlastingly instrumentality advertisement thankful fpr al that you person blessed america with. By the way, what a people enactment you are,” the Kardashians prima added alongside 3 emotion bosom emojis.

She concluded: “PS. Big oregon small, aged oregon caller - you don't dainty radical similar this. At slightest not successful my eyes. There's a mode to grip this and this was incorrect successful my opinion.”

Other critics shared their outrage connected X, with 1 writing: “Disrespecting THEE Babyface portion interviewing him is perfectly insane.”

Another added: “Cutting disconnected the philharmonic icon who is Babyface and taking his mic abruptly portion helium was speaking to speech to Chappell Roan is truthful incredibly disrespectful and rude. Especially during achromatic past month.”

A 3rd posted: “Beyoooonndddddd disrespectful…. Babyface oregon not. This is GROSSLY unprofessional! How did you each adjacent ALLOW this???

“Where’s the media training??? Where’s the motivation compass???”