Shirley Caesar appeared on Steve Harvey’s new NBC variety show called “Little Big Shots: Forever Young.” Before she performed a remix of her hit song “Hold My Mule” on the show, she urged Harvey to stop using vulgar words.
Steve Harvey admitted to using much harsher language.
“I’d probably have to get baptized, the stuff I done said.”
Shirley Caesar was not impressed with the comedian using such words and urged him to stop.
“Starting right now, you’re not going to do that anymore, right?”
Harvey admitted that while he has tried to stop cursing, it’s not easy since he has made a lot of money doing it. Although the conversation was on light note, Pastor Shirley disagreed with Harvey stating that his excuse was not valid enough to keep cursing.
“So since God has blessed you Steve, I ain’t playing darling, You don’t have to use those ugly words anymore.”
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During the show, the 78-year-old Grammy Award-winning gospel music veteran and pastor, talked about seeing people dancing inappropraitely to a remixed version of her song that went viral last year.
The 12-time Grammy Award gospel singer who was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last year had spoken out against some of the suggestive dances that people were doing to her song before she went on Harvey’s show.
“Hold My Mule” was recorded in an 1988 album, titled ‘Live in Chicago‘. Last year, one part of the song where Caesar sings ‘I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes,” inspired countless people to perform a dance along with her words on social media.
The gospel music veteran had announced that as a pastor and gospel singer she found it disrespectful when some people were dancing inappropriately.
“There’s those where they have women showing their rumps, their butts … I think they call it twerking … I want them to know that I see it as a sign of disrespect because I’m a pastor, I’m a gospel singer and I love the Lord. I’m shocked they would do that.”
