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<p>As anyone who caught Fergie&#39;s rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner before the NBA All-Star Game game on Monday night can attest: it was bad. Terribly, awfully, disastrously bad. So atrocious, in fact, that now Fergie has issued an actual <a href="https://jezebel.com/fergie-says-she-honestly-tried-her-best-with-that-natio-1823142322" target="_blank">apology for her performance</a>.</p><p>She didn&#39;t <a href="https://www.gaslampball.com/2010/7/25/1466280/roseanne-barr-sang-the-national" target="_blank">grab her crotch and spit</a>, a l&aacute; Roseanne Barr; there was nothing offensive about the performance except for how not good it was. Imagine if a really unskilled Marilyn Monroe impersonator performed the &quot;Happy Birthday Mister President&quot; song but with the lyrics to the national anthem. And also that impersonator was Fergie.</p><p>Fergie took a whole lot of artistic license and <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/fergie-national-anthem-all-star-game" target="_blank">people were not here for it</a>. But because she didn&#39;t mean to upset anyone, she gave a statement to <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2018/02/19/fergie-apologizes-for-nba-all-star-game-national-anthem/" target="_blank">TMZ</a>, swearing she was sorry about it.</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="327" src="https://giphy.com/embed/xT0BKFyZt9MMx9xkpW" width="480"></iframe></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem, and last night, I wanted to try something special for the NBA. I&rsquo;m a risk taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn&rsquo;t strike the intended tone. I love this country and honestly tried my best,&quot; she said.</p><p>Here&#39;s a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBWZI6f-38" target="_blank">clip</a> of it, but just remember &mdash; we warned you.</p><oembed>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBWZI6f-38</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Fergie responds to the hate she got for her awful rendition of the national anthem.

Jessie Dean Altman

As anyone who caught Fergie&#39;s rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner before the NBA All-Star Game game on Monday night can attest: it was bad. Terribly, awfully, disastrously bad. So atrocious, in fact, that now Fergie has issued an actual apology for her performance.She didn&#39;t grab her crotch and spit, a l&aacute; Roseanne Barr; there was nothing offensive about the performance except for how not good it was. Imagine if a really unskilled Marilyn Monroe impersonator performed the &quot;Happy Birthday Mister President&quot; song but with the lyrics to the national anthem. And also that impersonator was Fergie.Fergie took a whole lot of artistic license and people were not here for it. But because she didn&#39;t mean to upset anyone, she gave a statement to TMZ, swearing she was sorry about it.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem, and last night, I wanted to try something special for the NBA. I&rsquo;m a risk taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn&rsquo;t strike the intended tone. I love this country and honestly tried my best,&quot; she said.Here&#39;s a clip of it, but just remember &mdash; we warned you.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBWZI6f-38

Fergie's rendition of the national anthem at the NBA All-Star game was so bad she had to apologize for it.