Massiel Taveras shoved a safety guard on the 77th annual Cannes Movie Competition purple carpet.
Taveras was concerned in a heated change on the purple carpet going into Cannes on Wednesday, Might 22, seemingly with the identical usher who argued with Kelly Rowland days prior. Footage shared through social media confirmed the 2007 Miss Dominican Republic struggling to regulate the 15-foot prepare of her Giannina Azar costume, which featured a big portrait of Jesus sporting a crown of thorns.
Within the video, Taveras could be seen telling a bunch of safety guards surrounding her to again off. Amongst them was a feminine usher blocking the view of Taveras’ costume together with her arm because the actress posed on the famed stairs main into The Palais des Festivals. As she was getting into the theater, Taveras shoved the feminine safety guard who had positioned an arm across the actress’s shoulder to usher her inside.
Rowland, 43, had an identical interplay with seemingly the identical feminine safety guard on the purple carpet on Tuesday, Might 21, whereas on the premiere of the French-Italian movie Marcello Mio. In footage shared through X, Rowland was guided by safety workers to ascend the staircase into the venue.
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The safety guard positioned a hand behind Rowland’s again and was seen giving her additional directions. Nonetheless, the interplay grew heated because the singer appeared to scold the safety guard with a finger pointed at her face.
Rowland continued up the steps however circled to additional handle the workers member in one other heated change. At this level, a number of different safety guards had arrived to de-escalate the scenario.
“The girl is aware of what occurred, I do know what occurred,” Rowland advised the Related Press in regards to the incident on Thursday, Might 23. “I’ve a boundary and I stand by these boundaries, and that’s it.”
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Kelly Rowland. (Photograph by Antonin THUILLIER / AFP through Getty Photos)
The previous Future’s Baby member added that different ladies who “didn’t seem like [her]” attending the premiere who had not been “scolded or pushed off or advised to get off” the purple carpet. “I stood my floor, and he or she felt like she needed to stand hers,” Rowland stated. “However I stood my floor.”
Whereas the safety guard stays unnamed, her colleagues at Cannes have reportedly come to her protection. “She was an usher working underneath quite a lot of strain to maintain individuals on the carpet shifting, in order to cease crowds increase,” an nameless pageant workers member reportedly advised the Every day Mail.
“There was no pushing or shoving, or scolding,” the staffer continued. “Safety and security are the priorities, together with protecting to strict timetables set in keeping with contracts — even the celebrities have to stay to the principles.”