The Associate Press has issued Babyface an apology after a disrespectful interview during the 2025 Grammys.
The producer and singer was being interview by two of the publication’s entertainment reporters, Leslie Ambriz and Krysta Fauria, before they cut the interview short to get a chance to speak with a hot new artist, Chappell Roan. After that, Babyface ended the interview and walked away.
After a clip of the interview went viral, many people such as Dionne Warwick called out the journalists for being disrespectful. “13x Grammy Award winning Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds? Am I seeing this correctly?” Warwick tweeted out.
Khloe Kardashian also chimed in and said, “This is so disrespectful how Babyface was treated in this interview. Babyface has had such a significant impact on the music industry, in sooo many ways.” She continued, “It’s maddening to see a LEGEND not get the respect and attention they deserve. He is a pioneer and deserves so muh better than this. With decades of groundbreaking work as a songwriter, producer, and performer, he’s shaped the sound of multiple generations. I love you @babyface.”
Kardashian added, “PS, big or small, old or new, you don’t treat people like this. At least not in my eyes. There’s a way to handle this and this was wrong in my opinion.”
Fauria issued an apology at the end of their livestream and said, “I wanted to say that I’m really sorry about interrupting Babyface earlier. 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 are we all. And so I just wanted to say that, that I really apologize.”
The publication also released a statement. “We are deeply sorry for cutting our interview with Babyface short on our YouTube Livestream of the Grammys red carpet. We have apologized to him through his representative and to our viewers on the livestream.”