The web had a subject day after former tennis professional and analyst Mary Carillo recognized Dionne Warwick, who was sitting within the stands, as Gladys Knight. Carillo’s colleague, Chanda Rubin, additionally repeated the error.
“Hello, I am Gladys Knight… and as a substitute of taking that midnight practice to Georgia, I will not stroll on by however will say slightly prayer for you,” she tweeted, together with a laughing emoji and a impartial face emoji.
In fact she was evoking Knight’s hit with the Pips, “Midnight Practice to Georgia,” in addition to two of her personal — “Stroll On By” and “I Say a Little Prayer.”
Knight additionally did not appear bothered, tweeting, “Dionne and I’ve been sisters for a very long time and I hope she is as honored to be mistaken for me as I might be her.”
“I am certain it was an sincere mistake,” Knight wrote. “It was a blessing to be in the home to see Serena’s greatness.”
Rubin additionally tweeted about it, writing in response to a Twitter person who stated the error was was “unacceptable.”