John Oates is the newest movie star eradicated on Fox’s hit present The Masked Singer.
The rocker was unmasked within the episode airing Dec. 13. Surprisingly, not one of the panel appropriately guessed the musician’s identification. In hindsight, the obvious trace was in Oates’ costume – the rocker was dressed as an anteater, a callback to Corridor & Oates’ well-known 1982 hit “Maneater.”
In a dialog with EW, Oates defined why showing on The Masked Singer appealed to him.
“Initially, it is enjoyable and I wish to do issues — I am in some extent in my profession the place I can do something I would like, and it is enjoyable to do one thing totally different,” the singer admitted, including that The Masked Singer’s taping coincided with a break in his touring schedule. “So it labored, and I believed it could be an effective way for me to do one thing totally different the place I might sing and never have my voice and my persona related to my previous, which I am actually at this level now in my life, I am actually making an effort to type of depart my previous prior to now and transfer ahead. I’ve received plenty of good issues which can be occurring and I wish to try this. So it was type of a motivation to say, hey, what? I will sing. Nobody’s going to know who I’m, and we’ll see what occurs.”
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Oates additionally confessed that the present proved tougher than he anticipated.
“I did not notice how laborious it was going to be to put on that costume, do choreography and sing on the identical time,” he remarked. “Put a blindfold on sing and depend your steps when you’re doing it, whereas persons are screaming and there is confetti falling out of the sky and flashing lights, and it is about 110 levels inside your go well with.”
Corridor & Oates’ Ongoing Lawsuit
Oates is embroiled in ongoing litigation along with his bandmate, Daryl Corridor. The dispute reportedly stems from Oates’ efforts to promote his share of the duo’s catalog, a transfer Corridor claimed to be “blindsided” by.
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Following The Masked Singer, Oates was requested if he might envision ever sharing the stage with Corridor once more.
“You realize what, I by no means say by no means to something,” the singer replied. “I do not know what is going on to occur, however I simply need, proper now, I am centered on the place I’m in life and main the most effective life I can and transferring ahead.”
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