Quote Originally Posted by Bluebrock View Post
I was hoping to stay out of this toxic subject, but after several days of biting my tongue and reading everyone's opinions on the subject i feel compelled to break my silence and reluctantly contribute to the discussion.
The world is in turmoil. We have the ongoing war in Ukraine, and we have the terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria which at the time of writing looks to have claimed up to 20, 000 lives. I have read of dying women giving birth in the rubble and little babies perishing in sub zero temperatures, but certain forums on social media are still filled with distraught fans throwing poison arrows at Diana Ross for daring to miss the group she departed from 53 years ago being given a lifetime Grammy award that was at least 30 years overdue.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion on this, but i feel i must reluctantly offer some kind of defence for the "behaviour" of Miss Ross.
I was very concerned about the wellbeing of Miss Ross on her UK tour of last year, and i am more concerned than ever about it now.
The lady is 78 years old and not in good health. I have it on very good authority that she was planning on attending the awards just a few short weeks ago. Her no show causes me considerable anxiety.
Perhaps, just perhaps she was not well enough to attend.
You may well say she should have issued a statement confirming her non attendance. You may well have a valid point there, but if the Ross family did not wish to make a public comment then that is good enough for me. Miss Ross owes us nothing. She has given unrivalled pleasure to her fans over the past 60 years or so and has no obligation to comment if she and her family members wish for any issues to remain private at this time. If you feel shortchanged by the silence then that is your problem.
Thankfully it has remained relatively civilised on this particular forum, but some of the vile comments on certain other forums have quite frankly sickened me. They may well come to regret posting some of those comments in the not too distant future.
I can certainly understand some of the anger on here, but we must realise that these legends are gradually leaving us. Soon they will all be gone, and that will leave us with lots of time to reflect upon what we posted in moments of anger.
Can we please move on and accept what has happened. By all means be disappointed. I share your disappointment but she did the right thing for her own wellbeing by not attending the ceremony in my opinion.
If the family wish to share any information with us they will do so when they feel the time is right. May i also thank Sup Fan for his support and disrection during our private conversations on the subject this week. You have been a rock.
Thank you for listening, and best regards to you all.
thank you for sharing your viewpoint. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was in the entire weekend. I was certain that she would attend the Supremes ceremony and as luck would have it, I have a friend who let me know that transportation had been ordered for that event. Also, a little tidbit: due to staffing issues, no matter how many drivers they are short, Miss Ross is top priority even if the owner of the company has to fly in from Outer Slobobia to take her. I had big dreams of grand, new looks, the possibility of a win, the collection of the other award, I was really looking forward to it. Instead I got nothing. And I do understand the disappointment, I don’t really understand the vitriol and anger because like you said, who knows why she changed her mind? I think it’s weird that she didn’t issue a statement but, I’m not angry. Because I know she was planning to attend, like you, I hope it’s not health related. I would much much much much much rather be a big diva fit! People talk about what she should do, but how can they know without all the information? This is probably one of those Ross mysteries that will never be solved, and maybe it will be the new decades RTL on this board.

I am very happy to read you again. I hope you are well and are aware that you were sorely missed. Don’t be a stranger!