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John Legendis sticking up for a fellow musician.
On Thursday, some Twitter userscalled outRita Ora, 27, forlip syncingduring her performance at theMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade— and the “All of Me” singer, 39, wants everyone to understand that Ora had no choice in the matter.
“Fun fact. We all have to lip sync on this parade because the floats don’t have the capacity to handle the sound requirements for a live performance,” Legend tweeted in response to a fanpointing outthat he also lip synced.
“Hope y’all enjoyed it anyway,” he added. “Know that if you come to my shows, the vocals are 100% live!”
The “Anywhere” artist followed up, “Fun fact @johnlegend thank you for clarifying what I was about to also tweet. It’s annoying for us but anyway!”
Singer Simona Milinyte also sided with Ora.
“We all know that Rita Ora can sing! Don’t be so quick to judge!” she tweeted. “Idk, but it’s possible that tv streaming was late or she was getting different playback or that the sound she was hearing in her headphone was different from what we heard.”
“Exactly!! You got that right!” Ora responded. “You know this girl doesn’t lip sync it’s not my world! Now let me go find some turkey!!”
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A curious fan asked Legend, “do you actually sing while you lip sync or do you just move your mouth?”
“I sang exactly as I would’ve if you could hear me,” Legend answered. “I figure that’s the only way to believably do it. But I’m not an expert in these matters.”
“True, but… I actually convinced Soul Train to let me sing live when I was on there back in the Get Lifted days,” Legend said.
Legend, Ora and the other Macy’s Day performers also braved freezing temperatures: In some parts of the Northeast, Thursdaymarked the coldest Thanksgiving in decades, according toABC News.
source: people.com
