Dionne Warwick

Updated as of 9/1/2022 at 1:37 p.m. ET. You knew a story this wild couldn't happen without Auntie Dionne herself tweeting about it.

For her part, Rubin, responded to the backlash tweeting, “Too bad I was initially looking at the court (where Auntie Gladys was in the stands) and not our program monitor that showed Ms. Hello!” The clip was originally posted by the account [10% offNooci ReNoo](https://go.linkby.com/YCMGIQOZ) The US Open is always one of the most star-studded sports events of the year. The “Say a Little Prayer” legend wrote, “Hi, I’m Gladys Knight… and instead of taking that midnight train to Georgia, I won’t walk on by but will say a little prayer for you.”

Twitter erupted after the commentary team appeared to mistake Dionne Warwick for Gladys Knight, but the truth was a little more complicated than that.

"Gladys Knight!" "Hel-lo!" "I watched it four times looking for Gladys Knight," she wrote alongside the video. These announcers didn't know the difference between Dionne Warwick and Gladys Knight?!?!" Journalist Yashar Ali was stunned, noting that "they said it with such confidence too!" Fellow attorney Christine Jones was equally stunned, writing: "I mean, Gladys Knight was there. Another Twitter user posted side-by-side pictures of the two singers alongside a caption that read: "Dear commentators. Footage of the incident was shared to Twitter by the account Stevies_Wonder who captioned the clip: "Unacceptable, from both of them." That ain't her, that's Dionne Warwick." "Dionne literally looks nothing like Gladys Knight. "Gladys Knight," her co-commentator Mary Carillo interjects. An identical version of the video was also reposted to the platform by Stefan Simonowitz.

Mary Carillo and Chanda Rubin are under fire for misidentifying iconic singer Dionne Warwick in the crowd – instead saying she was Gladys Knight.

mistake was immediately corrected,” Rubin wrote on Twitter to one of users criticizing the mistake. “Too bad I was initially looking at the court (where Auntie Gladys was in the stands) and not our program monitor that showed Ms. Mary Carillo and Chanda Rubin, who were broadcasting Wednesday’s U.S.

After mistaking Dionne Warwick for Gladys Knight during the U.S. Open, sports commentator Chanda Rubin offered an explanation behind her misidentification.

[Gigi Hadid](https://www.eonline.com/news/gigi_hadid) and her sister [Bella Hadid](https://www.eonline.com/news/bella_hadid) were spotted in the Emirates Suite of the U.S. [keep scrolling](https://www.eonline.com/photos/34954/2022-us-open-star-sightings) to see all the star power cheering on Serena and the U.S. 31 while [Tiger Woods](https://www.eonline.com/news/tiger_Woods) joined [Venus Williams](https://www.eonline.com/news/venus_williams) in Serena's personal box at the tournament. Check out NBCU's new streaming service here.](https://go.skimresources.com?id=94261X1548625&xs=1&xcust=BPHOHT&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.peacocktv.com%2F?cid=20200101evergreensymseo241&utm_source=symphony&utm_medium=symphony_seo_brandawareness_articlebacklink&utm_campaign=20200101evergreen&utm_term=eonlineusers&utm_content=eonllinebacklink) [writing](https://twitter.com/msgladysknight/status/1565407731275550720?s=21&t=-v50yPsP_-I0BI9maM7K2w), "Dionne and I have been sisters for a long time and I hope she is as honored to be mistaken for me as I would be her. The U.S. "Too bad I was initially looking at the court (where Auntie Gladys was in the stands) and not our program monitor that showed Ms. Things got complicated, however, when Mary referred to the legendary singer as Gladys Knight, who was also in attendance at the match. I'm sure it was an honest mistake. [personal essay for Vogue](https://www.eonline.com/news/1341327/serena-williams-announces-retirement-from-tennis-after-u-s-open) where the tennis champion announced she's saying goodbye to the sport after one last tournament. Dionne..." [clip went viral](https://twitter.com/Stevies_Wonder/status/1565118677342720006) on social media, Chanda explained what led to the misidentification.