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Wayment! Anita Baker Reacts After Video Seemingly Shows Her Giving Front-Row Concert Fans The Boot

<p><strong>Anita Baker<&sol;strong> let her fans know she isn&&num;8217&semi;t the one &&num;8212&semi; or the two&excl; The &&num;8216&semi;Sweet Love&&num;8217&semi; singer performed in Houston over the weekend&period; But her singing voice isn&&num;8217&semi;t what had the innanet kiki-ing &lpar;or calling her out&period;&rpar; Instead&comma; Baker received <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kanye-west-yzy-pod-sock-shoe-yeezy-ye-adidas&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">mixed reactions<&sol;a> after apparently giving a few fans in the front row the boot&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Video obtained by The Shade Room shows Anita Baker on stage with a packed audience&period; She appeared dressed in a red&comma; sequined jumpsuit with long sleeves&period; The 65-year-old is touring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the middle of singing&comma; she called on security multiple times&period; As the instrumental music played in the background&comma; Baker stopped singing and seemingly scanned the area for her requests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Security help them out&comma; and I mean out of my front row&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong> Baker said on the mic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C09fregJItY" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Social Media Users Who Allegedly Attended Anita Baker&&num;8217&semi;s Concert Explain What Happened<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear what prompted the singer to give her fans the boot&period; Another circulating video from the same tour stop shows Baker asking fans to stop recording her&period; After The Shade Room shared the concert footage&comma; roomies who allegedly attended the show spoke out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One user responded to a comment asking for context before she flagged security&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;iam&period;brandi&period;nicole&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;iam&period;brandi&period;nicole<&sol;a> wrote&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;No one did anything&period; I was there&comma; and we were all confused&period; If she wasn’t calling for security&comma; she was fussing at the person doing the smoke machine or yelling at the crew about the speakers being too low&period; It was a mess&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; another woman<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;timetraveler&lowbar;5756&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> &commat;timetraveler&lowbar;5756<&sol;a>&comma; commented that Anita Baker was &&num;8220&semi;really sweet&&num;8221&semi; throughout the show&comma; but fans tried to &&num;8220&semi;rush the stage numerous times&period;&&num;8221&semi; She added that Baker&&num;8217&semi;s security was &&num;8220&semi;terrible&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a follow-up comment&comma; the user explained that she was in a suite and witnessed the entire interaction with the front-row fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I was in Houston&period; Being in a suite by the stage I was able to catch all sides of the show&period; The people she asked to get out in the first video did not have seats in the front row&period; She only asked them to leave when they walked across the front row for the SECOND time&period; The people who actually had front-row seats was also getting annoyed by it&comma; so she called her security&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><em>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s Note&colon; The Shade Room has not independently verified the above accounts of Baker&&num;8217&semi;s concert&period; The comments shared were added to TSR&&num;8217&semi;s public Instagram page&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Anita Releases A Message After Concert Kick-Out<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As the laughs and backlash grew online&comma; Baker seemingly posted another social media notice&period; In short&comma; she <em>isn&&num;8217&semi;t bothered and won&&num;8217&semi;t be bothered&period;<&sol;em> Instead&comma; the singer highlighted the &&num;8220&semi;real news&comma;&&num;8221&semi; celebrating her tour&&num;8217&semi;s reported success&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;The REAL News&quest; Via Industry Touring Mag &ast;Poll Star&ast; The Songstress Longevity Tour is a record-breaking sold-out success for my demographic&period; The best fans&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Anita Baker <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;x&period;com&sol;IAMANITABAKER&sol;status&sol;1736446190416285896&quest;s&equals;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">posted on X<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>In another post&comma; she added&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;When they realize they can&&num;8217&semi;t Stop Your Blessings&quest;&&num;8230&semi; they simply Lie&period; As in&comma; Liability&period; Screenshots&quest; Are 4Ever&period; Lyrics&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m as petty&comma; as you are&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>See her post below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C0-Un-mPGJZ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among more than 3&comma;500 comments under TSR&&num;8217&semi;s repost of her X post&comma; some roomies&comma; again&comma; claimed they had attended the Houston show&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;429aw wrote&comma;<strong><em> &&num;8220&semi;Look&period; I was at the show on Friday in Houston&period; She cut up&excl;&excl;&excl;&excl;&excl; Talked a lot&period; Called security on a couple non-problematic people&period; Sang some&period; I see why she told people to stop recording her&period; She didn&&num;8217&semi;t want evidence&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m sorry&comma; but for the legend she is…I expected so much more&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;neecmarie&lowbar; wrote&comma;<strong><em> &&num;8220&semi;Now AUNTIE &excl;&excl;&excl;&excl; You know you ain&&num;8217&semi;t have the lyrics together chile &amp&semi; was sweating bullets in that place&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;toya&period;b23 wrote&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Now Anita&comma; you was up their limping&comma; telling people you coming in the crowd because you were once broke and use to not be able to afford the cheap seats &&num;8216&semi;like them&&num;8221&semi; Asking people what they wanted to hear and couldn&&num;8217&semi;t remember the words and calling security in anyone who got to close&period; I want my money back&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anita Baker&&num;8217&semi;s tour was also in the headlines earlier this year after she removed Babyface from her line-up in an X announcement&period; In June&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;anita-baker-beefs-babyface-fans-twitter&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">she shared<&sol;a> that Babyface&&num;8217&semi;s fans had been <em>&&num;8220&semi;cyberbullying&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> her&comma; including <em>&&num;8220&semi;verbal abuse and threats of violence&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Babyface later reacted on the same platform&comma; saying he was &&num;8220&semi;saddened&&num;8221&semi; by his removal from the tour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;babyface-addresses-anita-baker-after-boots-him-tour&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Babyface Has &&num;8220&semi;Nothing But Love&&num;8221&semi; For Anita Baker After She Boots Him From Tour<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"153326" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;anita-baker-reacts-video-front-row-fans-houston-concert&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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