Miranda Lambert set the internet ablaze and divided fans over her remarks at a show on her Velvet Rodeo Las Vegas residency this month. During the now-infamous exchange, Lambert stopped her show while performing her 2016 song "Tin Man" to call out a group of women taking a photo near the stage. The moment has been the subject of debate among fans, talk show hosts and more, and now LL Cool J is sharing his point of view.
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The rapper/producer appeared on Audacy's Mercedes in the Morning this month, where he argued that fans should have the right to enjoy the show however they please.
"Miranda, get over it, baby," the artist said with a laugh. "They're fans. It's fans."
"Your job as an artist is to create art," he added. "The way people choose to interact with that art or engage it or appreciate it is up to them."
He continued, saying that he will allow fans to take in his show any way they choose, and he doesn't believe there should be rules that dictate the concert experience.
"If you want to come to my show and you want to sit there and eat a bowl of potato salad with a baseball hat down to your nose, that's what you choose to do," he says. "You gotta let the fans do what they want to do. What about the thousands of people who aren't doing that? What, you got rules? No yellow shirts!"
He concluded by saying that he has no ill will towards Lambert personally, but he simply doesn't agree with telling fans how to behave during a concert.
"I have nothing unkind to say about her. I wish her the best. She has the right to her feelings. But to me, I let the fans be the fans and do what they want to do," he says.
Lambert's words were caught on camera by concertgoers who uploaded the clips to social media. In the clips, Lambert can be heard saying, "I'm gonna stop right here for a second, I'm sorry. These girls are worried about their selfie and not listening to the song, and it's pissing me off a little bit. We're here to hear some country music tonight and I'm singing some country damn music."
Adela Calin, one of the women addressed by Lambert, told Wide Open Country she felt "embarrassed" by the moment and like she was "back in school and the teacher told me to sit down."
