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Bishop Charles Ellis III Apologizes For Groping Ariana Grande At Aretha Franklin’s Funeral

2322 days ago

Dlisted — After Aretha Franklin’s eight-hour-long funeral service yesterday, I assumed that the post-funeral highlights would be a plethora of Bill Clinton oogling Ariana Grande memes, but the real take away is nowhere near as fun as that. Bishop Charle... more info

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Bishop Apologizes For Groping Ariana Grande And Making Fun Of Her Name At Aretha Franklin’s Funeral

2322 days ago

Stereogum — Ariana Grande was among the many performers at Aretha Franklin's star-studded funeral in Detroit yesterday. After singing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," Grande was greeted onstage by the bishop officiating the service, Charles H. Ellis II... more info

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Bishop sorry for embrace of Ariana Grande at Aretha funeral: report

2322 days ago

Reuters — The bishop who officiated at Aretha Franklin's funeral has apologized for being "too familiar" when he embraced singer Ariana Grande after her tribute to the Queen of Soul. more info

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Bishop apologizes to Ariana Grande with another Taco Bell joke

2322 days ago

Consequence of Sound — "The last thing I want to do is to be a distraction to this day. This is all about Aretha Franklin.” more info

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Critic’s Notebook: In a Hometown Send-Off, Aretha Franklin Belongs to Everyone

2322 days ago

New York Times — The gospel church, the pop public, the city of Detroit: The â€œQueen of Soulâ€ was part of them all, but they didnâ€™t define her singular gifts. more info

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Aretha Franklin funeral bishop apologizes to Ariana Grande for name joke, inappropriate touching

2322 days ago

USA Today Music — Accompanied by her fiance Pete Davidson, Grande traveled to Detroit to attend the ceremony and perform one of Franklin's signature hits, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." more info

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Gladys Knight: 'I am cancer free and grateful for that'

2322 days ago

Detroit Free Press — Motown star is in town for Aretha Franklin's funeral. Her PR firm says the former Motown star is "healthy." more info

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Ariana Grande Has Awkward Moment With Preacher At Aretha Franklin’s Funeral

2322 days ago

MTV.co.uk News — He has issued an apology after fans were outraged over his "harassing" behaviour... more info

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Smokey Robinson Says Ariana Grande's Dress 'Inappropriate' And Trump is Stupid

2322 days ago

TMZ — Smokey Robinson was awesome at Aretha Franklin's funeral, singing praise and singing ... but he was NOT down with Ariana Grande's super short skirt. We got the singer/songwriter legend at LAX Saturday night as he returned from Detroit, and Smokey… ... more info

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