The president of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow is in hot water after comments he made about Sunday’s Grammy broadcast being male dominated. Best new Artist Winner Alessia Cara was the only female to win a major award during the show and in an interview with Variety, Portnow said that women need to “step up.”
Needless to say, the ladies were not too impressed with his comments:
— P!nk (@Pink) January 29, 2018
ugh bout 2 step up on 2 ur face.. women are making AMAZING music right now wtf is this dude talking about ????? https://t.co/EkijTA33QW
— CHARLI XCX (@charli_xcx) January 29, 2018
Well. At least the music industry is consistent across North America in putting the blame on women for not being nominated. https://t.co/wdaDorqZy0
— Tegan and Sara (@teganandsara) January 29, 2018
I wish the #Grammys would return to female/male categories. Who will young girls be inspired by to pick up a guitar and rock when most every category is filled with men? I'm not sure it is about women needing to “step up”, (as said by the male in charge). #GrammysSoMale https://t.co/v1rvbT3pCC
— Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) January 29, 2018
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Seriously! I love this so much!