Broadway singer Betsy Wolfe’s rendition of the National Anthem at the March 27 game between the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers has ignited controversy.
Some thought it was embarrassing. But other people defended Wolfe.
“Wow! How embarrassing singing of National Anthem for Opening Day at Yankee Stadium. And she also needed her cell phone to remember the words. Really! Is this the best you could get/afford for Opening Day?” a man wrote on X.
“Who ever singing the anthem for the Yankees game gotta be embarrassed,” wrote another fan.
“The young lady singing the national anthem at the #Yankees game is reading the lyrics off of her phone….YIKES,” another fan griped.
However, some people defended Wolfe. “I seriously don’t see why people are complaining. She put her heart into it and did a decent job. not the best rendition ever, but most assuredly not the worst,” a woman wrote on X.
A man wrote, “I mean, it was bad, but I have definitely heard worse. Much worse.”
A fan on Daily Mail’s comment thread nominated Roseanne Barr for the worst National Anthem performance ever, not Wolfe.
But another person wrote on X, “I hate to be mean but if that anthem wasn’t a bad omen I don’t know what it was? #Yankees.” He wrote that she was “reading it off her phone and missed some notes.”
Betsy Wolfe attends the special screening of Disney’s Snow White at The Whitby Hotel on March 20, 2025 in New York City.
According to her website, Wolfe “was most recently seen in the hit musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway where her performance was nominated for the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.”
