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Fox News forced to apologize for mixing up Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle. Oops.

August 16, 2018

Aretha Franklin isn’t with us anymore, but her long-standing feud with Patti LaBelle apparently still lives on, thanks to none other than Fox News. 

During the network’s in memoriam tribute to the Queen of Soul — who died Thursday morning — viewers noticed that one of the featured images of Franklin wasn’t a picture of the late singer at all. Rather, it was an image of LaBelle, who is very much alive. Yikes.

The photo in question shows LaBelle dressed in a green jacket, performing in 2014 at the White House. It is most definitely not Franklin —and if years of shade between the divas has taught us anything, it’s that Franklin would have hated this mix-up.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Fox News forced to apologize for mixing up Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle. Oops.

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