Zara Larsson Expertly Salvaged An Awkward Grammys Interview After A Reporter Totally Missed The Memo That Lady Gaga Had Already Won In Their Shared Category

Zara, 28, was nominated for the archetypal clip successful the Best Dance Pop Recording class for her opus “Midnight Sun,” though she mislaid to Lady Gaga, who took location the grant for “Abracadabra.”

Unfortunately, things got a small awkward during a Grammys reddish carpet interview, erstwhile 2 reporters asked Zara if she had an acceptance code prepared and was “nervous” astir her information — without realizing that the victor had really already been announced.

“You told maine earlier this week that you bash person a code prepared, and you’re kinda tense for the existent moment,” said TV property and Entertainment Tonight analogous Cassie DiLaura.

In response, Zara rapidly interjected and said, “Now I’m not. I’m chilling due to the fact that Lady Gaga took it… So I didn’t person to marque the speech.”

Cassie and chap newsman Taylor Hale appeared visibly amazed successful effect to Zara’s comment, suggesting that they recovered retired successful existent clip that she had mislaid to Gaga.

Salvaging the awkward moment, Zara went on, “But I’ll marque 1 for the adjacent year!”

Cassie past added, “You did archer maine that earlier this week too. You were like, ‘And the next, and the next, and the adjacent year, I americium ready.” Zara replied, “Absolutely… This is conscionable maine soft-launching into the Grammys.”

A clip of the interrogation was posted to X, wherever it has racked up over a cardinal views and a ton of heated responses. “Zara handled that well, but my god,” 1 idiosyncratic said, portion different wrote, “I'mma request that interviewer's @ origin what the fuck they being messy for???”

Someone other praised Zara’s effect to the full thing, calling her “classy,” portion different idiosyncratic connected Reddit echoed, “Zara is specified a people act.”

Cassie coiled up clarifying that she and Taylor were wholly unaware that Zara had mislaid successful her class erstwhile they questioned her. Replying straight to a YouTube user who said, “Asking if she’s tense astir giving her code aft she’s already mislaid her class is insane,” Cassie wrote, “Hi! We were unrecorded and did not person the quality to cognize if her class had already been called. Just truthful you person context.”

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