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Aaron Carter’s fiancee Melanie Martin has branded the Grammy Awards “vile” for leaving him out of the show’s In Memoriam segment.
The awards show on Sunday night featured tributes to stars who have passed away over the last year with nods to Loretta Lynn, Christine McVie, Jeff Beck, David Crosby, Terry Hall, Olivia Newton-John and Coolio among others.
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But Carter wasn’t mentioned and Martin was unhappy about the snub.
She blasted the Recording Academy – the organization behind the Grammys – in an angry post on Instagram, writing: “Really @recordingacademy how do you dare leave Aaron Carter off of the memorial tribute for musicians lost in 2022.”
Martin added a picture of Carter – who was found dead in the bathtub at his California home in November at age 34 – attending the Grammy Awards as a child. She added: “He is a multi-platinum recording artist accomplished before he was even a teen. He is the most influential child in pop culture in the 90s-00s era and had been attending this show since a very young age.
“This is so unacceptable, outrageous, vile and deplorable.”
Despite not being mentioned during the live show at the Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Carter was named in the In Memoriam segment in the physical copy of the official Grammys program.
Other stars who landed a mention in the show included Vangelis, Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher and Lisa Marie Presley. The tribute featured Kacey Musgraves honouring Loretta Lynn with a performance of her song Coal Miner’s Daughter while Sheryl Crow teamed up with Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt for a rendition of Songbird in tribute to Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie.
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