Pop star slams Richard Wilkins for making serious accusation
Entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins has received criticism from English singer Dua Lipa after he claimed she’d skipped out of her Australian touring commitments to appear on US television.
Wilkins made the strong claim on yesterday’s episode of the Today show, explaining that the singer was currently in Australia as the opening act for the Bruno Mars 24K World Tour.
“Dua Lipa cancelled her appearances last weekend, as a result of having to have immediate surgery to have her wisdom teeth removed. But get this, here she is last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Nine aired footage of Lipa performing her latest hit “IDGAF” on a Jimmy Kimmel episode that aired this week.
Wilkins said, “We were told that was live to air…”
Although Lipa did miss a few shows of the Australian tour, she angrily replied to Wilkins’ misinformed accusations on Twitter to set the record straight.
Lol @RichardWilkins if you were a good journalist you would’ve done proper research instead of talking out of your ass. Jimmy Kimmel was shot in Feb in La and aired yesterday. I’ve been in Australia on bed rest and wouldn’tve cancelled my Bruno shows if I didn’t have to. @9NowAU pic.twitter.com/B991bDQkUs
— DUA LIPA (@DUALIPA) March 21, 2018
“Lol @RichardWilkins if you were a good journalist you would’ve done proper research instead of talking out of your ass. Jimmy Kimmel was shot in Feb in La and aired yesterday. I’ve been in Australia on bed rest and wouldn’tve cancelled my Bruno shows if I didn’t have to,” she wrote, along with a close-up picture of herself looking worse for wear during said bed rest.
Wilkins responded to the tweet an hour later with an apology.
“Sincere apologies @DUALIPA. Didn't mean to misinform. Assumed you were live with Jimmy K. your fans and my son have severely castigated me!”
Last night, Lipa performed at a sold out headlining show at Sydney’s Big Top, Luna Park.