Shemar Moore swung by The Jennifer Hudson Present on Thursday (Jan. 26) to share an amusing story about being turned down by Alicia Keys in his Soul Prepare days.
“I attempted to get at Alicia Keys, I ain’t gonna lie,” he mentioned with amusing after naming the numerous, many well-known faces he met throughout his stint internet hosting the musical selection present from 1999 to 2003. “I attempted! And no, I’ve advised this story every so often however the quick model of it’s, I noticed her on the Soul Prepare Awards, I used to be in my dressing room. I seemed on the monitor, there she was along with her cornrows. And that is when her tune ‘Fallin’ was first blowing up, she was simply on the brink of explode.
“So she’s taking part in the piano, doing her factor,” the Felony Minds alum continued. “And my favourite instrument is the piano. So quick ahead about 4 months, she’s having a listening get together right here in L.A. So me and my homie, I used to be like, ‘Yo, Alicia’s performing, we gotta go, we gotta go!’”
From there, Moore gathered up the braveness to strategy Keys on the rooftop listening get together, and even inquired about what her “man state of affairs was like.” Nonetheless, the R&B star’s response was not what he anticipated.
“And he or she goes, ‘Examine this out, son,’” he recalled to a giddy Jennifer Hudson, “‘I respect your flirt sport. However my man state of affairs is dealt with.’ I walked away so uncool, I used to be like [drops head in shame].”(On the time, Keys was relationship Kerry Brothers Jr., although she’s since married longtime love Swizz Beatz.)
This week, Keys hit No. 1 on the Grownup R&B Airplay chart along with her KEYS II single “Trillions” that includes Brent Faiyaz (chart dated Jan. 28).
Watch Moore recount the story of Keys’ blunt rejection under.
