A few weeks ago, a satirical site called The News Nerds published an outrageous article about Patti Labelle and Aretha Franklin getting into a little tiff.
The satirical site “reported”:
“While Aretha Franklin was making her way to the stage, Labelle extended her hand to greet the ├óΓé¼┼ôRespect├óΓé¼┬¥ singer, when she threw epic shade in an effort to avoid her.”
Needless to say, the Respect singer did not take too kindly to their fake claims.
A few days after the fake story went viral, Aretha posted a response, dismissing the scuffle between the two songstresses, but apparently that wasn’t enough!
In fact, Aretha just filed a $10 million lawsuit against The Onion wannabe site!
Through her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn, the queen of soul said:
“The stories were not presented as satire or humor. It was presented as a serious news story intended to depict me in a slanderous and derogatory way ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ defamation of character.”
Jeez.
The News Nerds better prepare because this diva is NOT messing around.
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