Ringo Starr walks off Regis and Kelly
Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by Hot Momma
Ringo Starr known for being a friendly bloke, had to get tough and walked off the set of “Live with Regis and Kelly”, rather than cut short one of his songs.
The Beatles legend, who is promoting his new album, “Liverpool 8,” planned to perform the title song with fellow rocker and former Eurythmics singer Dave Stewart. However, due to miscommunication between Starr’s publicist Elizabeth Freund, and the musical director, Starr didn’t realize the performance had to be 2 1/2 minutes or less.
When told Tuesday morning on set that the performance had to be shortened, Freund said Starr tried to cut about a minute of the song’s 4 minute, 15 second length, down to 3 minutes and 30 seconds. However, according to Freund, Starr became annoyed when producer Michael Gelman said it had to be cut to less than 3 minutes.
“We offered to cut back our chat time and asked them to fade or go to commercial. They were not willing to do that and Ringo was not willing to cut it further, so without a compromise we were not able to stay,” Freund said in a statement to The Associated Press. “Ringo left saying, `God bless and goodbye. We still love Regis.’”
A spokeswoman for Regis and Kelly disputed some of Starr’s publicist claims. The representative, who declined to be named, citing show policy, said the show’s producers tried to work with Starr.
The spokeswoman also said the time of his song was almost five minutes, not 4 minutes and 15 seconds. She also said that his appearance had been booked since November and that Starr’s representatives had agreed to the time requirement for the song.
Despite Tuesday’s drama, she said the show would absolutely welcome Starr back. A few publications are now calling Starr a diva for this incident. I say ridiculous. Regis and Kelly show should have given Ringo Starr the 4 minutes he needed.
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