Pro baseball fans are ripping singer Patti LaBelle’s rendition of the national anthem at Tuesday’s All-Star Game.
The Grammy winner was criticized mostly for how she concluded the song with a screeching high trill and several missed lyrics.
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Immediately after her rendition ended, fans took to social media to slam the 82-year-old singer’s version.
“It was horrible. Completely disrespectful to our anthem,” one X user exclaimed.
Another dissed LaBelle for making the national anthem “about herself.”
One social media user said he felt it was less than “incredible.”
An X user specifically cited the ending and called LaBelle’s version “horrible.”
Another X user blasted LaBelle for performing the song as if she were auditioning for something.
Many others piled on:
LaBelle also had her supporters.
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