Janelle Monae has confirmed Kim Burrell will NOT be appearing on “ELLEN” this week following all of the controversy around her anti-gay sermon. Meanwhile, Tamar Braxton tries to come to her defense. Deets inside…
WONDALAND honcho Janelle Monae has confirmed gospel singer/preacher Kim Burrell will NOT be appearing on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” this week following her anti-gay sermon. Kim was scheduled to appear on the show January 5th, but not anymore.
Ellen posted:
For those asking, Kim Burrell will not be appearing on my show.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 3, 2017
Photogs caught up with the fresh faced Hidden Figures star as she made her way through LAX yesterday and that’s when she dropped the news that Kim wouldn’t be performing.
“I don’t stand for any hate speech that targets our brothers and sisters in any negative way," as she walked up holding up the peace sign.
Peep the clip below:
Kim was set to perform a song from the Hidden Figures soundtrack alongside Pharrell Williams, but P is going to hold it down without her now. Janelle is set to appear as a guest.
Folks came out in droves on social media bashing the gospel singer for her homophobic sermon. Kim responded to the negative backlash in two separate videos with an apology of sorts. If you missed, catch up HERE.
Pharrell and Janelle condemned the hate speech shortly after Kim's sermon went viral:
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres also confirmed Kim will not be appearing on her show:
For those asking, Kim Burrell will not be appearing on my show.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 3, 2017
There's that.
Meanwhile, Tamar Braxton tried to come to Kim’s defense. Somewhat. She offered a possible explanation as to why Kim said what she said.
She posted a lengthy message on Instagram encouraging folks to pray for her and to show her love. Read the full message above.
What’s interesting is that Tamar has since deleted this post. She posted and deleted a follow up message asking how many people went to a church that preached the same teachings? She said while she disagrees with Kim, it is learned behavior and Ellen should still have her on the show still to teach her differently.
Hmmm…
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