“It was crazy and I didn’t know what to do.”
Speculation has been rife as to why Jessica Mauboy failed to take the stage to sing at the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.
Now, it has been revealed that the 26-year-old Australian singer suffered a panic attack moments before she was due to sing the National Anthem.
Speaking to News.com.au, Mauboy said:
“Four minutes before I am about to be walked out from the green room, people on one side are bickering with people on another side and it started to suffocate me, it was crazy and I didn’t know what to do.”
All I could feel was all the bad energy coming from people, time stopped and I could see it all going on around me, I could see me stuck on the lounge and I’m thinking ‘Why aren’t you getting up and getting going?’ It was really horrible.”
According to News.com.au, her management had previously issued a statement that Mauboy didn’t sing because, “There was a lot going on yesterday and there was miscommunication with her styling team, unfortunately by the time it was resolved the call time had been missed.”
“Known for her professionalism and her incredible work ethic, Jess is deeply apologetic and devastated that she disappointed fans and racegoers and wasn’t able to perform at such a prestigious event.”
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I have no idea what really happened whether she really did have a panic attack or whether or not this was just a convenient excuse for her being a diva, but considering that the officials have already said sonething along the lines of their was a miscommunication between the wardrobe people and she has also alluded to sonething similar saying these people were arguing then I can totally understand why she didn't go on. Just before a performer goes on this is a time for them to prepare and get mentally in the zone and try to calm down the nerves that most people have before they step out on stage and if someone is hassling them or a big argument has broken up just before she is supposed to sing then I think those people are highly unprofessional. If she felt rattled it may have affected her singing and then of course that could have detrimental effects on her career as people would say she wasn't a good singer etc. No wonder she didn't feel up to going on if people were hassling her about what shoes she was wearing 4 minutes before she due to go on!
The irony is these idiots didn't get a chance to have their clothes showcased because of their antics.
When you hear of there being a similar story with Hilary Swank that's when it sounds to me that the sponsors were the ones who were being the divas.
This kind of thing does open my eyes up to what goes on at these things, and why so many celebs where things that don't always suit them, I'm not talking about people who are badly dressed, I'm talking about the celebs who wear sonething that might look ok on soneone else but just doesn't suit them, eg the hat Hilary Swank wore wasn't hideous but it didn't suit her. She was probably required to wear it as part of her sponsor deal. Which makes me wonder who the underwear sponsor was for the lady who did the strip run at Oaks Day! Ha ha!
On another note I was on another website about this incident, and I couldn't believe the amount of racist vitriol against Jessica Mauboy, I know there is still some racism against aborigines in this country but if ninemsn is anything to go by it must be about 80% of people! I couldn't repeat the kind of things that were written about her. If people don't like her singing or whatever then they are entitled to hold that opinion but to call her a bloody.... and worse is just hideous. No wonder Miranda Tapsell was just about in tears over racism on the Verdict a few weeks ago, this has given me an insight into a horrible underbelly of racism that I knew existed but had assumed was in the minority.
As usual a stupid comment from Alan Jones before getting the facts