The Golden Globes pianist would like to set the record straight — she did not try to impersonate Michelle Yeoh backstage.
“I would never play the piano over people’s conversations!!” Chloe’s flower he tweeted Tuesday night. “I only play when you see me on camera!”
The 37-year-old pianist provided the music for much of the awards show, including her arrangements of familiar songs from film and TV.
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But Flower started receiving heat from social media users after Michelle Yeoh was interrupted during her acceptance speech by exit music.
“Shut up, please,” Yeoh said, looking offstage.
The actor, who won best actress in a motion picture – musical or comedy for “Everything, Everywhere, and All Once,” later joked, “I can beat you, okay?”
Globes host Jerrod Carmichael noted that Flower did not control the enveloping music, which he noted was a pre-recorded track.
“People on Twitter are shocked like he’s playing people, but it’s comedy,” Carmichael said during the show, The Public’s Radio reported. “Chloe, we are lucky to have you.”
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Other winners who reacted to the interruption included “Elvis” star Austin Butler, who suggested the show “at least play ‘Suspicious Minds’ or something.”
On Twitter, Flower he answered directly for the Wall Street Journal Magazine, which tweeted that it “made the playoff ritual of the awards show more intimate and personal” at the awards show.
“Actually, I never played music during the speeches,” Flower wrote. “Even when you heard the piano, there was a piece playing. Again, I would never do that.
Despite the controversy, Flower has made it clear that she has no hard feelings towards Yeoh.
“Another fan forever #MichelleYeoh !!” he tweeted, adding that the star is “much scarier in Crazy Rich Asians.”
