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Anderson Cooper Defends Beyoncé’s Lip-Synched Inauguration Performance: ‘So What?!’


For “The Ridiculist” segment of his show tonight, Anderson Cooper turned to the post-inauguration scandal that rocked the country today. Beyoncé lip-synched the national anthem!

“I respond with a big star-spangled so what?” Cooper said. “As far as I’m concerned, it is Beyoncé’s world and we are just living in it.”

Clarifying that it was her pre-recorded voice, she just wasn’t actually singing live, Cooper continued, “I’m releasing a statement right now saying I just don’t care. We got to look at Beyoncé’s beautiful face and hear Beyoncé’s beautiful voice singing the national anthem. There is only one thing we should say today and that is thank you, Beyoncé. Francis Scott Key himself would send her a fruit basket.”

After playing clips of some of the more infamous lip-synching scandals in music history from Milli Vanilli and Ashlee Simpson, Cooper had one final message for anyone questioning Beyoncé’s decision. “Talk to me after you’ve gotten on the stage in front of the president of the United States and hundreds of thousands to sing the national anthem in 40-degree weather.”




someone linked this in the other post and you can hear her singing over a backing track a.k.a not lipsyncing



oop the video of Anderson isn't showing up idk why. it's at the source if anyone's interested.

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fuckmyass 23rd-Jan-2013 04:40 pm (UTC)
I disagree 1000%. If you're invited to do something like this, you better fucking sing live or there is thousands lined up who could sing better than your stupid BS pre-recorded track.
vampireweekend 23rd-Jan-2013 04:41 pm (UTC)
then get up there and sing it
fuckmyass 23rd-Jan-2013 04:57 pm (UTC)
pffff I didn't say I was one of the thousands.
fruitymangoes 23rd-Jan-2013 04:47 pm (UTC)
I usually hate it when artists don't sing live but since Beyonce usually sings live I'm going to give her a pass on this, could just have been her nerves or something.
mynamehere07 23rd-Jan-2013 04:53 pm (UTC)
Beyonce is not the first, nor will be the last to do this. You might as well hate on every major recording artist out there for using tracks.
honey_fuggle 23rd-Jan-2013 04:59 pm (UTC)


this comment is so damn ridiculous
saturdaysinbed 23rd-Jan-2013 05:02 pm (UTC)
which i'm sure is why the event planners make sure that artists always have back up tracks in the first place!!! might as well hate every other artist who has ever sang live at any event because they all have one.
ohwutevernvm 23rd-Jan-2013 08:02 pm (UTC)
mte tbh i did find that weird. i was like
empirebird 24th-Jan-2013 01:38 am (UTC)
You realize nothing is live performance wise at inaugural addresses right? And the fact that she actually did sing live over the back track is rare. YoYo Ma's orchestra wasn't live at the 2008 inaugural address even..

Edited at 2013-01-24 01:39 am (UTC)
the_pinkdress 23rd-Jan-2013 04:41 pm (UTC)
lol okay w/e you don't have to be mad about it, but you also don't need to act like singing the anthem would've been an impossible task or something. kelly sang live and seemed fine. and pointing out that others lip sync doesn't seem like much of an excuse. i mean whitney wasn't always the most reliable performer and ashlee simpson? i mean, it's perfectly fine if you don't think it's a big deal or you don't care, but all this 'it was COLD and TSSB is sooo hard to sing!' is dumb.
sonadoras456 23rd-Jan-2013 04:44 pm (UTC)
I mean when somebody is on Idol and they are sick, I don't get to hear that that is a valid excuse "You know, the show must go on!"
batty_gal 23rd-Jan-2013 04:54 pm (UTC)
mte
ediesedgwick 23rd-Jan-2013 04:57 pm (UTC)
idc that she lip synched but I can't that the first post was full of "bey would never, she always sings live" and after the confirmation people were just like "well, everybody does it" and some people acting like it's some conspiracy against beyonce.
vampireweekend 23rd-Jan-2013 04:42 pm (UTC)
ty anderson TY
dirrtypony 23rd-Jan-2013 04:42 pm (UTC)
when are we getting new music? she is seriously so damn stunning.
vonlisbon 23rd-Jan-2013 04:43 pm (UTC)
Right there with ya. It's not like anyone is questioning whether or not she can sing, period. It would have been nice if all the performances that day were live but, yannow, NBD if they aren't.
lillylilacs 23rd-Jan-2013 04:43 pm (UTC)
lestat 23rd-Jan-2013 04:45 pm (UTC)
where the fuck did all these kelly clarkson stans from from
lenra 23rd-Jan-2013 05:09 pm (UTC)
lol ikr, and they're so opportunistic too.
troy_macclure 23rd-Jan-2013 05:59 pm (UTC)
lmao
chikachika_boom 23rd-Jan-2013 06:56 pm (UTC)
seriously
_xxtom 23rd-Jan-2013 07:56 pm (UTC)
Lol ikr its hilarious
wauwy 24th-Jan-2013 10:03 am (UTC)
LMAO mte

She is so fucking embarrassing.
homicidalslayer 23rd-Jan-2013 04:46 pm (UTC)
The only ones who have a right to be mad are the people who actually attended the inauguration. The air was cold and dry, which can fuck with a singer's voice, which is probably why they opted to use a recording. This is understandable.

What is objectionable is the unnecessarily long "look at how awesome my voice is" holding of notes when in fact it was a recording. It was as cold as Ann Coulter's heart and as windy as Rush Limbaugh after a meal; if you're going to lip-synch, stick to the original tempo and GET THE FUCKING SONG OVER WITH.
lumosofmylife 23rd-Jan-2013 04:46 pm (UTC)
In other relevant news, this is my favorite thing:
amor143x 23rd-Jan-2013 04:50 pm (UTC)
omg i am cracking up
batty_gal 23rd-Jan-2013 04:53 pm (UTC)
How. HOW do you get that spelling, like at all?
lucciolaa 23rd-Jan-2013 04:56 pm (UTC)
lmao I love the Internet
ediesedgwick 23rd-Jan-2013 04:58 pm (UTC)
lmaoooooo I love that tweet
lenra 23rd-Jan-2013 05:10 pm (UTC)
lmao omg
poop_of_death 23rd-Jan-2013 07:28 pm (UTC)
NO bitch UM Beyonce
scheisse 23rd-Jan-2013 04:48 pm (UTC)
Yeah, so what? She does it all the time. I loved how she still got exposed despite how hard she tried to make it look real.
lumosofmylife 23rd-Jan-2013 04:51 pm (UTC)
I saw an icon here of Beyonce that said, "Lip syncs better than your fave." It's like, um, that's not really a good thing...
batty_gal 23rd-Jan-2013 04:52 pm (UTC)
That was the best part. She put on all that dramatic bullshit, and got exposed.
ediesedgwick 23rd-Jan-2013 04:59 pm (UTC)
lol I can't with the same people saying how they couldn't even tell that she was lip synching and then in the next reply say how she always sings live

Like um.. she lip synchs a lot, u just admitted u can't tell the diff.

Edited at 2013-01-23 04:59 pm (UTC)
honey_fuggle 23rd-Jan-2013 05:02 pm (UTC)
i'm sure you did love it. that's what jealous people do.
empirebird 24th-Jan-2013 01:40 am (UTC)
Only no. She doesn't do it all the time. She rarely does it at all.
lenra 23rd-Jan-2013 05:14 pm (UTC)
I love that she's honest and said that she cracked up when she heard the news lol<3

Edited at 2013-01-23 05:14 pm (UTC)
pistol_eyes 23rd-Jan-2013 08:20 pm (UTC)
Hateretha needs to stop lmao
dance_electro 23rd-Jan-2013 04:51 pm (UTC)
Still with this nontroversy?



I hope Anderson's succint statement on this matter is the last one.

meganlynn09 23rd-Jan-2013 04:52 pm (UTC)
Sorry, I'm not seeing the big deal with this. I don't understand why the media is all over it.
ebmich 23rd-Jan-2013 04:55 pm (UTC)
I think a lot of has to to with Beyonce being praised (or whatever) for being one of the 'few' acts that can sing and dance at the same time.
meganlynn09 23rd-Jan-2013 05:01 pm (UTC)
Yeah, still not getting the big deal over this. The weather, nerves, there's any number of reasons for her not singing live and I don't really care. I think this "controversy" is frankly, ridiculous and silly.
ebmich 23rd-Jan-2013 04:53 pm (UTC)
Is there just something so vacant about her? Most of Bey's pics I've seen just look like there is absolutely nothing going on upstairs. Esp that one pic someone kept posting. idk idk
superhetoric 23rd-Jan-2013 04:59 pm (UTC)
unless she's super good at acting and being coached for interviews, she's definitely not vacant. and even if she was being coached and guided through every interview, it takes a certain social awareness to be able fake competency
ediesedgwick 23rd-Jan-2013 04:59 pm (UTC)
She has no personality
lucciolaa 23rd-Jan-2013 04:55 pm (UTC)
Anderson seems to be on the right page.
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