Fans mock Rita Ora’s lip-syncing fail during thanksgiving parade

The British singer has been mocked mercilessly in the US for her dodgy performance at the Macy’s thanksgiving parade.

The Macy’s thanksgiving Parade didn’t exactly go off without a hitch in New York.

Macy’s came to the defence of “several performers” whom they say were “negatively impacted” by technical difficulties during the annual gathering.

“During today’s NBC broadcast of the #MacysParade several recording artists experienced technical difficulties that negatively impacted their performance,” Macy’s wrote in a tweet. “We apologise and want fans to know these issues were out of the artist’s control.”

Pop star Rita Ora gave one of these performances and was widely criticised by viewers on social media who voiced their displeasure with the Let You Love Me singer’s display saying she appeared to be lip-syncing.

I’ve been aware that no one sings live at the #macysthanksgivingdayparade. It’s too difficult for the floats. With that said, Rita Ora wasn’t even on the same verse as the live audio track. It was like no one told her. I had second hand embarrassment.

— An Influencer! (@MrTaylorSaid) November 22, 2018

“Is anyone watching the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade right now with Rita Ora lip singing all the wrong words right now? This is the worst one yet … Wow. Lmao,” one social media user wrote, while another echoed the same sentiment.

‘[i]f people didn't know singers mouthed the words to their songs during the macys thanksgiving day parade, rita ora just made it super obvious.”

Rita Ora at the #MacysThanksgivingDayParade 🦃 pic.twitter.com/pts84zlHGV

— Matthew Haas (@MatChewHos) November 22, 2018

Ora was quickly defended by singer John Legend who noted that many artists lip-sync during parade performances due to the lack of equipment available on floats.

“Fun fact. We all have to lip sync on this parade because the floats don’t have the capacity to handle the sound requirements for a live performance,” he tweeted. “Hope y’all enjoyed it anyway. Know that if you come to my shows, the vocals are 100% live!”

Ora responded thanking Legend and Macy’s for having her back and reiterated that her shows are “100 per cent live.”

Fun fact @johnlegend thank you for clarifying what I was about to also tweet. It’s annoying for us but anyway! All my shows are 100 percent live always have been! When you come to a ORA show get ready! Back to holidays! Have a good one guys! :) X https://t.co/pO5hnnQgvg

— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) November 22, 2018

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