A Chicago radio station that invited R&B and pop singer Jody Watley into the studio for a live interview would not allow the singer to talk about her upcoming performance at the Gay Games.
Watley arrived at Chicago's V103 radio station to do an interview not long before she was scheduled to perform at the July 15 Gay Games Opening Ceremony in Soldier Field. But before she went on the air, she was told by the interviewer that she could not discuss anything about the Gay Games.
She could only talk about her "in-store" appearance at a local Virgin Record Store, they told her.
In a conversation backstage at Soldier Field and again in an interview last Friday, Watley reflected on the incident. “I was surprised but I wasn’t really surprised," she told me.
The disc jockey who gave her the instructions is a friend of Watley's family, she said, and he told her that the station manager ordered him to impose the restriction.
Watley said she complied with the gag order and only talked about the music store appearance instead of her performance at the much larger venue of Soldier Field. But the experience may have left a sour taste in her mouth. (Source:Keithboykin.com)
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