I’ve never been stung by a bee. *knocks on wood* I am terrified that I’m going to get stung eventually, and will have a bad reaction and be unable to quickly get help. Maybe that’s completely irrational, but the longer my “sting-free” streak goes on, the more nervous I get when I think about it, and reading this story about Cyndi Lauper makes me a tad anxious. On Friday, she had an unfortunate encounter with a bee while performing in her first of two nights of shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles: She got stung while singing “She Bop.” A true professional, Cyndi pulled out the stinger out and kept singing. People has more and the video is above:
Cyndi Lauper‘s performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Friday was interrupted by one pesky little buzzer.
The Grammy, Emmy, and Tony winner, 66, was halfway through singing her 1983 classic “She Bop” when she stepped on a bee and suffered a nasty sting on the bottom of her left foot.
“I messed with the danger zone and I GOT STUNG!” Lauper teased on Instagram, captioning a video of the incident. “Maybe the nuns were right after all.”
In the clip, Lauper — dressed in a two-piece suit — can be seen inspecting the bottom of her bare foot while still singing the catchy lyrics to “She Bop.”
Afterward, she explains what happened to the audience. “The bee’s dead on the floor,” she says.
Stumbling around, Lauper asks for a stool. “I’m tough but … really?” she says, hinting that she’s in pain. “Is it supposed to hurt if you get stung by a bee? Well, that sucks.”
Throughout it all, Lauper appeared to maintain a good sense of humor. “I mean, that poor b-stard, he’s worse off than me,” she says in the video, walking over to inspect the insect. “Yeah, he’s really dead. But you just had to bite me before you [went], huh?”
I feel really bad for Cyndi; if you watch the video that she posted on Instagram, it’s obvious that she’s in pain after getting stung. (And because she asked whether getting stung is “supposed to hurt,” clearly, she also had been a member of the “No Stings” club until Friday night.) I’m glad that she didn’t have a severe reaction to the bee sting, though, and was able to keep performing. She posted a fun picture with Charro on Sunday, so she seems to be doing OK, though I wouldn’t be surprised if she decides to wear shoes at future shows!
Charro does not age! Looks like she just walked off the Love Boat set!
OMG right???
I believe people should not walk barefoot outside of their house in general. I try to have something on when I’m at the beach or park too.
She bop, BEE bop a loo loo!
Cyndi is a national treasure and, of course, she kept singing, she’s a professional.
1000 points for the bee reference 😂
Fun to see a pic of Charo–go on youtube and watch vids of her playing guitar. She’s one of the greats. It’s always been sad to me that she’s mostly known in the U.S. for being silly window dressing on shows like Johnny Carson and the Love Boat.
Can’t believe she kept singing! I really just wanted to say how great I think Cyndi Lauper is. ‘She’s So Unusual’ was the first album I ever owned (on cassette naturally!) It’s a classic and still one of my favourites.
I am allergic to bees so I would have needed an Epi-pen, so glad Cyndi didn’t have a reaction. She’s a true pro.
I saw her last year, she opened for Rod Stewart, she’s AMAZING! She’s still got her voice and owns the stage when she’s singing. Go and see her. Worth every penny.
Yeah, if that happened to me, I would be crying on stage like an idiot. “Why? Whyyy? Why meeee?” This is why Lauper is a star.
When I was nine my best friend and I were playing in my grandparents barn and heard this sound-humming,loud,like the sound of traffic on a busy highway.We kept playing and just jumping around in a hay loft.We were dressed in shorts,t shirts,it was summer,so not much on,and my long hair was down,suddenly we were swarmed,that noise was the sound of a bee hive and we had disturbed it,they came out-HUNDREDS and we could only run,we were disoriented and terrified as we ran they kept chasing us and I remember looking over my shoulder-they were making their formations it was crazy.We ran to my grandparents and by then they (bees)had mostly gone but I had one or two in my shoes and several tangled in my hair.In all I had about 16 stings,she escaped with none (I’ll never know how). I had to have medical treatment and was in bed a few days.It was one of the most indescribable things ,needless to say I’m no fan of bees.
Wasps built a nest in the walls of my room when I was a kid. After I was stung awake a few times, my parents figured out what was happening and got it removed. I still don’t like wasps.
I saw Cyndi’s tribute to Cher at the Kennedy Center honors, and she still kicks amazing amounts of ass. I love the picture with Charo.
She also had a bird crap in her mouth during an outdoor show once and kept on performing. Cyndi is a pro! And pretty awesome.
My friend was at this show. She said Cyndi was a total pro, and just cracked a bunch of bee sting jokes through the rest of the concert. (She had taken off high-heel boots at the beginning of the show, I assume they were too hot)