Patti LaBelle recently reflected on a time she showed some restraint when a guest on “The Tyra Banks Show” mocked her during a segment they filmed together.
As Atlanta Black Star reports, a resuraced video of that 2008 run-in between LaBelle and the wife of former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider, Lisa Lillien is making waves on X.
In the clip, LaBelle and Lillien are seen together in a cooking segment the show. The legendary singer became annoyed with Lillien when she accused her of attempting to eat the paper wrapping the cupcakes were baked in.
In the segment, LaBelle grabs a cupcake and assures the live studio audience that she’s touching the paper wrapped around the sweet treat.
“This has paper on it,” she says to the audience, according to a clip of the episode on YouTube.
But Lillien seemingly misinterprets LaBelle’s comment and mockingly tells the singer, “Yeah, you can’t eat the paper.”
LaBelle, clearly bothered by the remark, responds, “Nope, but you can touch ’em with your hands.”
The singer then continues to express her displeasure with Lillien’s response by making facial expressions and remarks under her breath, while Lillien and Banks try to move forward with the segment.
Finally, Banks says, “What is Patti saying over there?” To which Lillien responds, “She’s causing trouble.” The exchange only goes downhill from there.
The scene is notorious to Patti LaBelle lovers. The Philadelphia songbird, who has sold 50 million records worldwide and been an international star for over seven decades, revealed on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” that she wanted to slap Lillien in that moment.
During a sit down interview with Hudson, the legendary singer discussed that passive aggressive exchange.
“I wanted to slap that heffa so hard,” the “On My Own” singer said about Lillien.
LaBelle told host Hudson that that was a nonetheless “happy” moment in her life.
“That was fun,” she said, before warning Hudson that she’s going to face similar encounters in her career.
“You’re going to go through them,” she said. “Yeah girl, because you’re a baby, I’m an OG.”