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Bob Dylan Denies Telling Backup Dancer ‘To not Make Eye Contact’ with Himtheinsiderinsight

Go forward, have a look at Bob Dylan.

In a publish shared to X (previously Twitter) on Nov. 19, the Nobel Prize honoree responded after a lady who apparently danced backup for him throughout a 1991 Grammys efficiency claimed she was informed not to take a look at him.

“My Pleasure was taken away after rehearsing as one of many Backup dancers to your set on the Grammys in NYC 1991,” wrote Cheryl Henry on the social media platform, referencing Dylan’s efficiency of “Masters of Battle.”

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“All of us needed to stroll single file to exit through the backstage space, previous the dressing rooms the place you have been standing carrying a hooded black gown, kinda just like the boxers used to put on,” she mentioned, including that he apparently informed her, “[and] you mentioned to me as I handed you, ‘Now do not you go chopping that lengthy pink hair of yours earlier than tomorrow night time.'”

Henry continued, “By the point I reached the exit door at Radio Metropolis I had been informed to not return.”

Bob Dylan in September 2023.

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She recalled a lady “who was working issues” telling the dancers “NOT to make eye contact with you,” including, “I suppose I snuck a peek as I handed you !”

Dylan, who’s been lively on X as of late, spotted her note and responded, “Simply need you to know I’ve by no means informed anyone to not make eye contact with me. That’s simply ridiculous. And the subsequent time you see me please look straight into my eyes.”

Seemingly relieved by his clarification, Henry then replied, “I knew it wasn’t coming from you ! I look ahead to it !”

Timotheé Chalamet; Bob Dylan.

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The “Blowin’ within the Wind” singer’s life and profession would be the topic of the upcoming biopic A Full Unknown, and he’ll be performed by Timothée Chalamet. Nonetheless, the actor lately informed Apple Music‘s Zane Lowe he hasn’t met the musician.

“I by no means met him,” mentioned Chalamet, 28. “He’s kind of retreated from the general public eye. By no means met him. Would like to!” Nonetheless, the Dune star added with amusing, “I’ve seen him dwell.”

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