Tennis Commentators Confuse Dionne Warwick for Gladys Knight
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Tennis commentators Mary Carillo and Chanda Rubin confused one legendary Black singer for another legendary Black singer.
The mistake happened during the US Open match between Serena Williams and Anett Kontaveit on Wednesday.
“Got some more stars,” said Rubin on the world feed as the camera showed Dionne Warwick, whom Carillo incorrectly identified as Gladys Knight.
Rubin also mistook Warwick for Knight.
Both Warwick and Knight were in attendance at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as Williams, who has announced that the US Open will be her last competition, upset Kontaveit, who is ranked number two in the world.
Rubin explained what led to her confusing Warwick with Knight.
“Too bad I was initially looking at the court (where Auntie Gladys was in the stands) and not our program monitor that showed Ms. Dionne… mistake was immediately corrected,” she said in reply to a tweet of the video showing the mistake.
Too bad I was initially looking at the court (where Auntie Gladys was in the stands) and not our program monitor that showed Ms. Dionne… mistake was immediately corrected.🤦🏽♀️
— Chanda Rubin (@Chanda_Rubin) September 1, 2022
Twitter users expressed their displeasure with the mix-up.
👇🏿👀 really? https://t.co/HLFQvP53Fc
— Randy Mac (@RandyNBCLA) September 1, 2022
Imma say a lil prayer for y’all 🤦🏽♀️🫠🤦🏽♀️
So sorry to @dionnewarwick & @MsGladysKnight… Mannn
#USOpen pic.twitter.com/8VcjR1XxYV— Holly Robinson Peete 💃🏾♍️ (@hollyrpeete) September 1, 2022
HOW?! How do you not know this is not Gladys Knight? I– 🥴 https://t.co/AAYLtXSlAZ
— LaToya Morgan (@MorganicInk) September 1, 2022
They know damn well Dionne Warwick doesn’t look like Gladys Knight https://t.co/9JzFTpVPca
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) September 1, 2022
CRINGE ALERT: Tennis commentators mistakenly call music royalty by the wrong name.@DionneWarwick @MsGladysKnight
Hint. Hint. 🎯🎯 This is equivalent to blasphemy.@CBS46 https://t.co/iI7WXmUI7v
— shon gables (@shongables) September 1, 2022
Ok……….So………..
If you aren’t sure who this is, then I’m guessing you don’t know “the way to San Jose” and you didn’t get the “message from Michael.” If you don’t know who this is, my suggestion is just to “walk on by” and “I’ll say a little prayer for you.” https://t.co/ngIsOtIMcT— Justin McFarland (@ThisJustinTv) September 1, 2022
If you know me, you’ll understand how upset I am that someone doesn’t know who Dionne Warwick is. https://t.co/4colnOLKsQ
— Alec Giannakopoulos (@news8alec) September 1, 2022
What. the. hell????? https://t.co/6BRyICzcrF
— Celeste Headlee (@CelesteHeadlee) September 1, 2022
Dammit. https://t.co/fpdyY4zKpl
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) September 1, 2022
“Gladys Knight… Hello.”
YIKES! https://t.co/Lw1UWDJZdm
— Beatrice-Elizabeth Peterson (@MissBeaE) September 1, 2022
Come on… 🤦♂️ https://t.co/Eo5eE44Wtn
— Geoff Rohoman (@RadioRoho) September 1, 2022
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