Two Interviewers Tried To Get Chloe Bailey To Shade Beyoncé, But She Handled It Perfectly
This week, Chloe Bailey stopped by The Breakfast Club to promote her new album In Pieces.
Now, IDK if you know this, but Chloe and her sister Halle have known Beyoncé since they were kids. They toured with B, and have received support from The Queen. "She's more than just a mentor to us — she's family," Chloe x Halle recently told Access Hollywood.
Anyway, during her Breakfast Club interview, Charlamagne tha God and DJ Envy tried to get Chloe to place some blame on Beyoncé for not promoting Chloe's album In Pieces, which garnered poor album sales.
In its first week, the album debuted at 119 on Billboard with 10,000 units.
"The internet felt like Beyoncé should've done more in regards to promoting your album," Charlamagne said. Chloe responded with this:
"I shot Swarm and Praise This last year. Swarm — whether it's negative or positive — everybody had my name in their mouth, maybe a week or two before my album."
Here, Chloe is referring to her controversial sex scene, which went viral everywhere.
"Then, [with Praise This] I got to do this whole full press junket, go on all these morning shows, talk shows — Jimmy Fallon, Drew Barrymore, do all these great things — to talk about that. And because God is so good, I got to finesse that and also promote about my album."
"I am grateful that I have multiple avenues and multiple ways that I can make money and promote myself. It's hard, but I love it," she continued. "What God has for me will be for me. ... No one can stop what God has for you. Now, I'm on a sold-out tour."
DJ Envy then brought up Beyoncé again and said, "Everyone was saying because Beyoncé didn't post [your album]... How did that make you feel?"
"I was like, 'At least they're talking. And at least people will go and listen to the project. And as much as people try to bring up numbers and things like that, I'm trending every other day. Marketing can't buy that. A label can't buy that. So, people care enough to constantly have my name in their mouth. So, I'm doing something right."
"If it was real what people were saying, my tours wouldn't be sold-out. People wouldn't be singing word-for-word on an album I just dropped a week and a half ago. That's what I have to switch my perspective to — instead of allowing others and people who aren't doing anything with themselves or their lives dim my light."
People praised Chloe for how she handled the situation, and for not taking the bait:
