I'm gonna stop right here for a sec, Danny, I'm sorry.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker 1: These girls are worried
about the selfie and not listening to the song.
It's pissing me off a little bit.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> All right, I don't like it all.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> We're here
to hear country music tonight.
I'm singing some country music [INAUDIBLE].
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Did you get that on video?
>> Shall we start again?
>> Speaker 2: That was country music star Miranda Lambert blasting
a group of fans in the front row of her Las Vegas residency show.
Because they were taking selfies, she didn't like it, so
she stopped in the middle of a song to call them out.
And like always, there are mixed reactions to this.
Now, as you can hear from the audio there, people are clapping.
They're celebrating the statement that she's making.
But not everyone took kindly to what she said there.
So, for instance, later on social media, some people started to chirp about it.
She could have finished her song and just said some blanket statement like,
let's try to be in the moment and stay off our phones.
If she felt like she needed to, one person commented on the TikTok video.
This was completely uncalled for and disrespectful to her fan base.
They paid their money and were enjoying the music, one user said on Twitter, okay?
And one of the women involved in the photo has actually spoken out
against the statements that she made, saying that she was appalled.
The ladies were called out.
So here's the photo.
You can see that they're in the front row,
Miranda Lambert is in the center behind them.
And so one of the women was not happy about this, and
she complained that she was called out.
It was 30 seconds at most.
We took the picture quickly, and we're going to sit back down.
It felt like I was back at school with the teacher scolding me for
doing something wrong and telling me to sit down back in my place.
I feel like she was determined to make us look like we were young,
immature and vain.
But we were just grown women in our 30s to 60s trying to take a picture.
So look, I get why one of the women who was involved in the picture
taking is especially aggrieved by Lambert calling them out.
I get that.
But is Lambert 100% incorrect here?
Cuz I think that she's making an important point.
>> Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm torn on this one.
I really don't know that's when we do polls, especially when it's hard,
questions like this.
So we have one here, tyt.com/polls always check the description box.
We got the link in there, and we have many other links.
But this one is, was it fair for Miranda Lambert to call out concert go-ers taking
photos in the front row as she sang yes or no?
Okay, Anna, so here's why I'm torn on it.
I give speeches, and sometimes in speeches, very rarely,
somebody will be looking at their phone and not paying attention.
It would be super weird for me to go, hey, you,
why aren't you paying attention to my boring speech, on your phone?
No, just do the speech.
It's not his job to pay attention to you, right?
So it's kind of on you to do it.
On the other hand, is it distracting especially for a singer?
Yeah, of course, I could see how it's distracting.
They're right in front of the stage.
And then- >> Speaker 2: No, hold on,
forget the singer, right?
There are people in the audience who are trying to watch this concert, and
there are people in the front row trying to take pictures.
It's annoying for those who are there trying to enjoy the music and
enjoy the experience.
>> Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I get it.
It's annoying for both of them.
And look, on the one hand,
I'm glad we take pictures because I love looking back at them, and
I'm surprised every time back- >> [CROSSTALK].
>> Well, I do from time to time, okay?
Because I love nostalgia.
But having said that, do we take too many pictures?
Definitely, try to enjoy what's actually happening
instead of the picture that you might or might not look at 17 years later.
So, I'm torn.
>> Speaker 2: Look, I'm a little torn as well.
I think it's okay to take a picture.
I think the people who are standing there,
literally filming the entire concert are weird.
Are you really gonna go back and watch that on your phone later?
>> Speaker 1: No., yeah, don't do that.
>> Speaker 2: So, enjoy the moment, take it in, savor it, right?
And I think when we're so attached to our technology and we're looking at a screen
instead of looking at what's in front of us, it takes away from the experience.
You could be blocking someone who's trying to enjoy the concert themselves, so
you should be considerate in that regard as well.
And Lambert kind of took a risk in calling out the ladies, and
I don't begrudge her for that.
She felt the need to do it.
It's her right to do it.
And if people feel scolded, welcome to America.
Scold culture reigns supreme.