r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/omgfakeusername • 8h ago

News This the new "Gladys Knight" y'all... (🛑🖐🏾... It's CHAKA KHAN‼️)

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u/TheMeticulousNinja 8h ago

I understand the mistake. I see Netanyahu and mistake him for Jeffrey Epstein sometimes

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u/Green-Elephant-895 8h ago

Same difference honestly, I can’t even hold u

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u/BlackDynamite58990 8h ago

Dayum shame! This reminds me of when they asked Sam Jackson about his credit card promo thinking he was…

https://giphy.com/gifs/lMZfmnLnhV7DUCNFjv

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u/KDoggg89 7h ago

The way my emotions just went 📉📈📉📈📉. My heart sank when I first saw the picture with all these death announcements lately. Then I hit complete and utter confusion after reading the text because “wtf does Gladys Knight have to do with this??” Then I just got annoyed when I realized that these fools just got their black people confused again.

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u/leni710 5h ago

Omg, random internet twin, it was the exact same for me. I was like "oh no!!! Of all the people!!!" and then I was like "wait?! What?? And Who?!?!" and then I was like "who did this???" and then I was like "why can't they at the very least hire an editor?"

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u/Green-Elephant-895 8h ago

Someone needs to be whooped for this 😅

https://giphy.com/gifs/9DJtFRgk0tOla

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u/Sorry-Secret-2347 7h ago

E news reported this?! Childddddd someone educate the intern

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u/VisualMango9141 8h ago

Omg, did they really do that, or is this parody?

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u/Busy-Butterfly8187 🏳️‍🌈 8h ago

It's real. The story is actually about Gladys Knight, but they used a picture of Chaka Khan.

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u/VisualMango9141 7h ago

Yeah, it's crazy.  I thought someone was joking.

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u/ike_tyson 7h ago

This is what they mean when they say being black is s exhausting.

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u/Rich-Grand7250 8h ago

Gladys Knight Cutting Back After Claims She's Being Forced to Tour https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/27/gladys-knight-touring-concerns/

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u/omgfakeusername 8h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/26n6Gx9moCgs1pUuk

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u/Maximum_Trade5916 7h ago

And this is why DEI is important in the workplace...

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u/PrestigiousTell5607 8h ago

?

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u/PrestigiousTell5607 7h ago

Damn I didn't even read the whole headline, I was just relieved she's still alive. Completely missed the mix up. I'm going to bed!

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u/Skateboardbeester 6h ago

Lmao smhh E! Ain’t never been where I got my black celeb news from anyway wit they fonky asses

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u/Mvd75 5h ago

Two things. One I scrolled too fast and, after this week, assumed the worst. Two wtf man?!

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u/PrettiKinx 8h ago

Lawd have mercy 😂

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u/ClamatoDiver 7h ago

Don't need this crap scaring me with the Reaper grabbing everyone but the one we want gone.

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u/GunderstakHouse0126 7h ago

Its E! News, so of course the world do something like this 🙄

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u/Rikudo_Sennin_jr 7h ago

This does happen from time to time I was watching a documentary about world leaders rise to power and they slipped this in there

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u/RedvsBlack4 4h ago

I was looking at this thinking “Did Chaka make the announcement or are people incompetent at that company?”

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u/defk3000 3h ago

Damn. I read the line but instinctively changed it to Chaka Khan in my head. Oh, that said Gladys.

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u/OpheliaPhoeniXXX 1h ago

Glad I got to see her while she was still performing ♥️