Babyface’s Grammys Interview Goes Viral After Reporters Snub For Chappell Roan

US singer Babyface arrives for the 67th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Babyface found himself in an awkward moment on the red carpet at the 2025 Grammy Awards when Associated Press reporters abruptly shifted their attention to Chappell Roan mid-interview. The legendary singer-songwriter was in the middle of answering a question when the reporters spotted Roan and quickly turned their focus to the rising star.

A clip of the exchange quickly made its way across social media. Roan, one of the night’s most nominated artists, was up for Album of the Year for The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and had already delivered a standout performance of Pink Pony Club earlier in the evening.

Despite the interruption, Babyface handled the moment with grace. “You guys wanna do that? Go do that,” he said after one of the reporters called out to Roan. The journalists then apologized to him as Roan approached. Later in the night, AP’s Krysta Fauria addressed the incident again.

“I wanted to say that I’m really sorry about interrupting Babyface earlier,” she said in a social media clip. “Chappell Roan had come up, and there was a lot of commotion, as there is on these carpets. But I’m a big Babyface fan, as we all are, and I just wanted to apologize.”

Babyface, whose real name is Kenneth Edmonds, holds 12 Grammys from an astonishing 54 nominations. The incident didn’t seem to rattle him, but fans online were quick to call out the moment, questioning the journalists’ handling of the exchange.

Roan later took home the award for Best New Artist. In her acceptance speech, she urged record labels to invest in and support their artists.

In a recent interview with The Face, Roan admitted she wasn’t hoping to win. “I’m kind of hoping I don’t win,” she said in September. “Because then everyone will get off my ass. ‘See guys, we did it and we didn’t win, bye!’ I won’t have to do this again!”

Babyface has not responded to the incident yet.


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