Keyshia Cole and Ashanti may have bulldozed the #VERZUZ viewership record with their long-awaited battle, but their spar was also notable for being drama-drenched.
Indeed, Cole’s lateness, breaks, and arguable frostiness once live saw her fall foul of favor with the audience – many of whom flooded their feeds to bemoan what they were witnessing.
Addressing the drama, the ‘Trust & Believe’ belter apologized and cited a number of factors behind the scenes as catalysts for the chaos.
Full story below…
Speaking with friend and fellow R&B singer Elijah Blake, Cole pointed to technical issues as the reason for her tardiness. But insisted she actually was on-hand.
She said:
“I want to apologize for not sitting my a** in that seat. OK? Because I was there and I should’ve sat down. I should’ve just sat in the seat no matter if I felt like the visual wasn’t clear. They said my music wasn’t gonna be right or whatever it was.”
After explaining that she didn’t want another Teddy Riley situation, she went on to say:
“I think, more so than anything, people wanted me to sit, be present…even though they didn’t know that I was present.”
Watch the full chit-chat:
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Keyshia you’ve been in the industry now for 16 years. There is no excuse you can give at this point to justify your unprofessionalism. This is main reason your career STALLED even when your popularity was at its peak! You gotta learn how to get a POKER FACE and solider up even when unforeseen events occur. Beyoncé didn’t plan on falling down a flight of stairs while performing, getting her caught in a fan while singing, or stumbling at the Super Bowl…., However she never lost her professionalism!
Amen 👏🏾
Couldn’t have said it better myself 👏🏽
Excuses excuses you lost and Ashanti won bottom line
That part 💅🏾
Unprofessionalism at it’s best! Poor Keyshia
She got bodied 😭😭😭😭😭
A piece of ghetto hot messssss like trashy bish 💅🏿💅🏿💅🏿 They both smell like they never had a place to take a God damn shower
Flavor loves me and runs away from you lmaooooo…that’s the bottom line 🤳🏽 Stay retarded and stay keeping my good karma coming! You’re so easy 😂
B I t c h I’m talking about trash bish and u just admitted that u r a trashy bish, b I t c h💅🏿💅🏿💅🏿 So dumb & so delusional 🤳🏿🤳🏿🤳🏿 Stop talking about yo smelly armpit flavors. Go put on some stretch marks cream for your ashy saggy skin💇🏿♀️💇🏿♀️💇🏿♀️💇🏿♀️
Correction, you’re talking about YOURSELF 😂 Stay retarded Marilyn 🤣
Yassssss DRAG that dutty trashy bish! I HATE that THING!!!
@ Shayla…girl no one gives a f*** who you hate. In fact, it’s a COMPLIMENT to the real Fancy that a LOSER MAGA supporter doesn’t like her. You Trump supporters are only attracted to nasty disgusting s***.💋💋
@The new and improved marilyn perfectly flavorful, thank you for dragging Shayla across her dutty ass floor lmaooooo 😂 🤳🏽 Shayla is so busted and ugly with absolutely no flavor 🤣 She’s useless lol…never in my life have I seen such baseless haters! JEALOUS cause you KNOW your life is going down the wrong road lmao…never will I care about these pop up haters 😂 And anybody reading this FCK you too if you’re an undercover hater lol 💋 That’s the bottom line 🤳🏽
Now suddenly, she claims to have tested positive for C******* on January 13th. The very day Verzuz announced the new and final date. Her maskless self was around a team of people in a studio eight days after a positive C**** test, *singing loudly (and horribly) while dispersing spit particles.* Yet she didn’t do the two-week quarantine? Girl bye. No one believes you. You need more people. Sounds like she’s using this so-called diagnosis to excuse her attitude. Props to Ashanti for being classy and sounding good.
Let’s be real Keyshia Coleslow you were late cause you tried to be the “diva” and arrive fashionably late. Despite the fact that not a single Keyshia song compares to Ashanti’s “foolish” puhleeeease Keyshia you’re a has been, go sit somewhere you not pretty enough to try and step to Shanti!
She just doesn’t seem like a pleasant person. I imagine working with her must be a nightmare, which is prolly why the industry has chosen not to.
Yall need to clam down ok and have several seats at least she explained herself
So explain yourself, hoee
Shut your ugly ass up lol
Keyshia is. DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!
Thank you, Keyshia has flavor lol ✅💯🤳🏽
Flavor my asssss., 💅🏿💅🏿💅🏿 I’m pretty sure you know the taste of c u m flavors. U c u m bucket h o e💇🏿♀️💇🏿♀️💇🏿♀️
Salt and vinegar flavour maybe
And the WORLD keeps spinning, and I KEEP ON WINNING lol 🤳🏽 Tupac believed in Keyshia, FCK y’all hating ass heffas 😂 💋 #FLAVORZ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77nB_9uIcN4