JOE RESPONDS TO RISQUE SHADE 45 INTERVIEW AFTERMATH: ‘I was completely out of my element,’ says singer. (Video)

(August 21, 2009)
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     *Days after walking out of an interview with Shade 45’s "Lip Service" radio show, R&B crooner Joe is speaking out about what he considered his moment of being “completely out of my element.”

     In an interview with EUR’s Lee Bailey, the entertainer admitted he found himself between a rock and a hard place after confessing his love of giving females oral sex with hosts Angela Yee and Leah Rose.

     Joe and fellow vocalist Chico DeBarge were on "Lip Service" to promote their upcoming albums.

     Despite the laughs and generated  during the interview, a YouTube video of the chat showed the "I Wanna Know" singer/songwriter becoming perturbed with the reaction of the Yee and Rose as he walked out of the conversation, leaving DeBarge with the co-hosts.  The clip of the Lip Service segment (see it below) has since made its way around the Internet as fans gather their own opinions concerning Joe and his conduct during the interview.

     While he doesn’t regret doing the show, Joe admits his reaction was something unintentional that wasn't reflective of who he really is

     “It is what it is. I just didn’t want for things to be taken out of context. And just the way I am. I mean, I’m totally not someone who’s that aggressive and certainly wouldn’t get that offended. I’m not…things just went a little left field that day,” the singer shared with Bailey. “ I mean it was a late show, I had been working all day. There’s no excuses for it but once you get to a point where you feel like things aren’t going where you really want them to go and this was one of those sort of things that I guess put you in a certain mood and I was in that mood."

     Although "Lip Service" is known for its risqué conversations, Joe, the son of two preachers, decided to do the show, which turned out with less than satisfying results. According to the singer, the atmosphere was at “a level that I don’t normally go on, with the profanity and, you know.”

     “So I guess everybody was throwing things out and you got a whole energy with alcohol mixed in the building. Its just a whole lot of things going on.  I was completely out of my element,” he stated. “So I’m just sort of at the point where I was like ‘You know what. I can’t do this. This is not me.’ And I realized. I sort of snapped back and realized that this is not something I want to be involved in. So that’s the reason why I left.”

     Looking back on the exchange, Joe was reluctant to reflect on his time on "Lip Service" as he noted the reaction of those who may have been taken aback by the chat while summing up the experience by saying it was “one of those things that kind of got out of hand.”

     “I feel personally that I was put in an uncompromising situation, you know. And  as far as having to be at a place where maybe  I shouldn’t have been in in the first place…it turned out to be sort of a disaster on my part because it’s really not my character and I didn’t want to portray an image like that," he said. "So I apologize to all the fans who saw that clip and, you know, we’ll definitely get past that. “

     With many years in the music industry, Joe has observed changes in the way material is promoted on media outlets. The shift in promotion was duly noted on "Lip Service," according to the entertainer.

     “My thing about promoting an album is completely different nowadays.  They don’t want to talk about the music. It’s more about your lifestyle. That’s really what it’s really all about. It’s not about content and music. It’s more about content and lifestyle,” Joe said. “I totally get it, totally understand it and that’s what it’s all about.”

     As for any impressions from his interviewer about the way he came across during the show, Joe offered an olive branch in hopes of ending any ill will.

     “If I came off wrong and probably, I certainly did, I certainly apologize to her for that,” the singer said.” I don’t want her to think that I was being aggressive. It just it came out a certain way.”

 Joe and Chico DeBarge on Shade 45's "Lip Service." Warning: NSFW!:

     *Look out for more from Joe on Monday as he discusses his guest appearance on the new Frankie Beverly & Maze tribute album. His version of "Can't Get Over You" is the project's lead single.

 


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