Nicole Scherzinger has broken her silence on being branded a ‘diva’ after reportedly keeping fans waiting an hour at her Royal Albert Hall Show earlier this month.
The ex Pussycat Doll, 47, said she was ‘devastated and horrified’ by the incident but claimed to have been unaware the audience had been waiting so long in their seats.
Nicole was allegedly an hour late to the stage, despite no support acts and a 7.30pm billed start. When she did appear, she did not offer an explanation or apology to fans who had been sat waiting, some of which had forked out up to £150 for tickets.
The songstress reportedly sang just six songs before heading into the interval, with some fans leaving the venue early, ditching the second act.
Now in a new interview Nicole said: ‘It wasn’t until after I was done that I found out people had been sitting there for so long’.
‘I was devastated and I was horrified, ’cause I was like: “Oh my gosh, I would be frustrated as well if I were told to sit there for so long”. I think they had to be in their seats for, like 7.15pm, or something, but I thought my show was due to start at 8pm’.
Nicole Scherzinger has broken her silence on being branded a ‘diva’ after reportedly keeping fans waiting an hour at her Royal Albert Hall Show earlier this month
The ex Pussycat Doll, 47, said she was ‘devastated and horrified’ by the incident but claimed to have been unaware the audience had been waiting so long in their seats
She told The Sun: ‘I just want to thank people, thank everyone, because everybody stayed and, by the end, they were all up on their feet dancing with me’.
With the show being an intimate ‘Evening With’ format, artists often include longer speaking time into their set list compared to regular concerts, resulting in less tracks being performed.
One disgruntled fan told the Daily Mail: ‘She was more than an hour late coming on, didn’t apologise or explain the reason for being late, sang four songs then went to the interval. We didn’t stay for the second half as we were already waiting for too long.
‘There was more time without Nicole on the stage than with her there and when she was on stage she was busy bragging about her Tony and Olivier Awards.’
Other fans flooded social media with their complaints, with one sharing a clip from the concert as they said: ‘Nicole Scherzinger at the Royal Albert Hall was a disaster.’
Another said in a video: ‘It was the worst concert I’ve ever been to, genuinely. And I’ve been to many concerts.
‘Which is sad because I was so excited.’
They captioned their somber clip: ‘What a waste of time and money so disappointed at her.’
Nicole was allegedly an hour late to the stage, despite no support acts and a 7.30pm billed start. When she did appear, she did not offer an explanation or apology to fans
Nicole said: ‘It wasn’t until after I was done that I found out people had been sitting there for so long’
The songstress reportedly sang just six songs before heading into the interval, with some fans leaving the venue early, ditching the second act
One attendee swiped: ‘Nicole Scherzinger was very disrespectful to her audience who paid £140 each to see her. She didn’t even apologise for being an hour late starting.
‘We left at 10pm because she talked the majority of the time and sang about lot less than her audience deserved. Such a shame because she was amazing in Sunset Boulevard but it would appear she’s rapidly turning into a diva. Disappointing!’
The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Nicole and the Royal Albert Hall for comment.
Despite her late arrival, other fans enjoyed the show, with one raving: ‘Should have all stayed to the end. She was brilliant. So brilliant I forgive the lateness and we don’t even know if it was Nicola (sic) at fault.
‘It was being recorded so maybe that was the reason. The end was brilliant.’
Another wrote: ‘Such a DIVA almost one hour late, no apology, we had to leave before the end but she is amazing.’
It comes after it was revealed she was faced with complaints of bad behaviour by crew working on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard.
It comes after it was revealed she was faced with complaints of bad behaviour by crew working on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard
The hit show, which closed in July of this year after a ten month run, was based in New York and saw Nicole star as Norma Desmond.
The Daily Mail revealed how she had agreed to attend a session with a renowned make-up artist on the day of the Tony Awards, as well as a dinner co-hosted by one of the producers of the show at Casa Cipriani in New York.
The producer extended this invitation to the show’s other lead actors. However, the singer allegedly insisted on the exclusion of her co-stars.
A few days before the ceremony, Nicole called off the dinner and the appointment with the make-up artist.
She then accepted paid endorsements from beauty brands Revlon and Clairol on the morning of the awards – unapproved by the producers of Sunset Boulevard, which at the time was ‘bleeding money’.
Nicole used the Sunset Boulevard name and image to secure these endorsements but gave none of the profits back to the production, which she knew was struggling.
Spokesmen for Nicole and Neptune Productions declined to comment when previously approached by the Daily Mail.
