We told you earlier that Aretha Franklin was suffering from pancreatic cancer, and now we have a few more details about her illness. And you'll never guess the source. Her "friend" former R&B crooner Keith Washington called up Re Re and decided to broadcast their phone convo live on the radio. Shady much? We've got the convo inside...
Yesterday, one of Aretha's close friends took it upon himself to broadcast a private conversation with her on the radio and internet. That friend, Keith Washington, who sang the hit song 'Kissing You,' hosts his own local Detroit radio show 'Kisses After Dark' on WDMK/105.9 Kiss FM. The radio station provided a Youtube clip, which is dated Dec.8, that shows Keith having a phone conversation with the multiple Grammy Award-winning Queen of Soul.
According to Black, Voice it starts like this:
Keith: "Is there any possible way that I could, at your discretion, just get a brief interview with you because all of your fans have just been calling the station, so concerned."
Aretha: "When I feel better, Keith."
Keith: "But, you are OK?"
Aretha: "We're waiting for confirmation from the doctors."
A source close to Aretha told BlackVoices.com that Keith and Aretha are friends but,
"It was wrong Aretha didn't know she was getting taped."
After the two hung up the phone Keith is heard telling someone in the studio,
"Just talking to her right now and hearing her say they are waiting for certain things is kind of touchy and becomes sensitive to me because if there was nothing wrong, they wouldn't be waiting on results."
Then Keith appeared on Detroit's FOX2 local news to report the status on Franklin's health.
Hmmm....nice to see Aretha's health is providing him a way to promote his show. SMH. As a friend, he should have asked to tape her and should only be giving out info Aretha approved him to talk about.
Neither Keith, his radio station nor Aretha's spokeswoman would comment on the matter to Blackvoices today. But we can all agree something in the water ain't clean.
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