Shemar Moore on The Jennifer Hudson Show. Courtesy Photo
Shemar Moore swung by The Jennifer Hudson Show on Thursday (Jan. 26) to share an amusing story about being turned down by Alicia Keys in his Soul Train days.
“I tried to get at Alicia Keys, I ain’t gonna lie,” he stated with fun after naming the numerous, many well-known faces he met throughout his stint internet hosting the musical selection present from 1999 to 2003. “I attempted! And no, I’ve informed this story sometimes however the brief model of it’s, I noticed her on the Soul Train Awards, I used to be in my dressing room. I regarded on the monitor, there she was together with her cornrows. And that is when her tune ‘Fallin’ was first blowing up, she was simply on the brink of explode.
“So she’s playing the piano, doing her thing,” the Criminal Minds alum continued. “And my favorite instrument is the piano. So fast forward about four months, she’s having a listening party here in L.A. So me and my homie, I was like, ‘Yo, Alicia’s performing, we gotta go, we gotta go!’”
From there, Moore gathered up the braveness to strategy Keys on the rooftop listening occasion, and even inquired about what her “man situation was like.” However, the R&B star’s response was not what he anticipated.
“And she goes, ‘Check this out, son,’” he recalled to a giddy Jennifer Hudson, “‘I respect your flirt game. But my man situation is handled.’ I walked away so uncool, I was like [drops head in shame].”(At the time, Keys was courting Kerry Brothers Jr., although she’s since married longtime love Swizz Beatz.)
This week, Keys hit No. 1 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart together with her KEYS II single “Trillions” that includes Brent Faiyaz (chart dated Jan. 28).
Watch Moore recount the story of Keys’ blunt rejection under.
