‘She watched me and just did what I did’: Jewel reveals Beyonce ‘was a sister’ and saved the nervous folk singer’s infamous VH1 Divas Duets performance from disaster
Jewel has revealed that her infamous performance on the 2003 VH1 Divas Duets special would have been a disaster if not for Beyonce.
The women shared the stage to perform the Creedence Clearwater Revival song Proud Mary – and the nervous folk singer struggled with the choreography.
The 46-year-old told Australia’s The Sunday Project: ‘I show up on stage very nervous and they are like, ‘Let’s go over choreography.’
Thankful: Jewel (left) has revealed that her performance on the 2003 VH1 Divas Duets special (pictured) would have been a disaster if not for Beyonce (right). The women shared the stage to perform Proud Mary – and the nervous folk singer struggled with the choreography
‘I cannot. I don’t dance. I play guitar and I stand still and I can barely walk in high heels.’
While she said there was competitiveness between the stars on the show, Beyonce, 39, only wanted to help her – especially when Jewel forgot her moves on stage.
‘A lot of the girls on that show didn’t mind showing up another girl. She did not want to – she wanted me to rise. Like, she was rooting for me.
The 46-year-old told Australia’s The Sunday Project (pictured): ‘I think I was having an out-of-body experience during all the choreography, during the performance and I forgot several chunks of choreography, I didn’t even know it, but she watched me and just did what I did’
She added: ‘I’m like, ‘How nice is that?’ Most girls would take that as an opportunity to be like, ‘I’m looking amazing over here.” She was a sister, and taking good care of me’
Grateful: ‘A lot of the girls on that show didn’t mind showing up another girl. She did not want to – she wanted me to rise. Like, she was rooting for me’ the singer added
‘And then I think I was having an out-of-body experience during all the choreography, during the performance and I forgot several chunks of choreography, I didn’t even know it, but she watched me and just did what I did.
‘I’m like, ‘How nice is that?’ Most girls would take that as an opportunity to be like, ‘I’m looking amazing over here.”
‘She was a sister, and taking good care of me,’ the Foolish Games hitmaker concluded.
Hard worker: Jewel has in the past revealed that Beyonce also spent three hours working on the choreography with her before they took the stage
Jewel has in the past revealed that Beyonce also spent three hours working on the choreography with her before they took the stage.
She told New York Live: ‘She took care of me. She stayed with me for like three hours after rehearsal.
‘She really tried to make me look good and in this business, that just doesn’t happen.’
Jewel told New York Live: ‘She stayed with me for like three hours after rehearsal. She really tried to make me look good and in this business, that just doesn’t happen’