Karen Harding missed her cue to sing the national anthem at the FA Cup final and we all cringed
The nation collectively cringed at poor X Factor star Karen Harding when she totally missed her cue to sing at the FA Cup final between Manchester United and Crystal Palace. Karen stood in expectant silence as the crowds around her belted out God Save the Queen.
Karen has since taken to Twitter to apologise for missing her cue, blaming the blunder on technical difficulties.
OMG. Biggest audience of my life and I get technical difficulties! Argh so sorry Guys!!! Xx
— Karen Harding (@KarenHarding) May 21, 2016
Mortified!! I don't know what happened. :(
— Karen Harding (@KarenHarding) May 21, 2016
She also shared a clip of her rehearsing before the match and her vocals are INCREDIBLE. That. Voice.
#thisishowitshouldofsoundedpic.twitter.com/UX54zDxmVw
— Karen Harding (@KarenHarding) May 21, 2016
The BBC's match commentator Guy Mowbray pointed out afterwards: "There's a lot of noise around the place, it's easy to miss your cue."
Karen managed to style out the mishap like a pro, but that didn't stop people on Twitter from having a dig.
@KarenHarding 80,000 people sang the national anthem. You didn't.
— Tom Ross (@TomRoss_) May 21, 2016
@KarenHarding you bottled it, that's what happened
— Joey Drinkhall (@JoeDrinkhall) May 21, 2016
How ironic that Karen Harding's biggest hit is called 'Say Something' & she stands there in silence instead of singing the national anthem
— will (@This_Is_Will_) May 21, 2016
Poor Karen, we feel your pain. Hey, look on the bright side, at least people will remember your performance forever.
