Patti LaBelle and Fantasia will soon face off on Celebrity Family Feud, and Billboard has an exclusive look at some of the hilarity viewers can expect.
During the episode airing Thursday (July 24), host Steve Harvey asks LaBelle’s team to offer up an “affectionate term that starts with ‘baby.’” The iconic singer takes a moment to think before her teammate and publicist Aliyah Crawford interrupts her.
“Oh shut up!” she snaps at Crawford as Fantasia and the rest of the audience roar in laughter. Harvey then repeats the question, offering up chuckles of his own.
“I don’t know if he might say it, but ‘baby mama,’” LaBelle answers. The bell dings and the answer ends up being correct, awarding the team 10 points.
LaBelle’s appearance on Celebrity Family Feud comes after she celebrated her 81st birthday with a blockbuster New York City show back in May. During the performance, which was held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, she took a moment to tell the crowd not to be afraid of aging.
“Let me say something: I have so many people who are afraid to say how young they are,” she told the roaring crowd. “Don’t be scared. 81 is wonderful, OK? Happy birthday.”
Fantasia, meanwhile, is hard at work on her upcoming gospel album. In an April 27 post on social media, she said she was called by God to tap into more spiritual music.
“God has been telling me to do a gospel album for years, and I’ve been running,” she said in the video. “But the world right now is dark, it’s a lot going on … I get to see a lot in the industry. And so I want to give my Father, who’s been so good to me, back what he deserves.”
Tune into Celebrity Family Feud on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Elsewhere in the episode, viewers can expect to see the Arquette family face off against Martina McBride. Hulu subscribers will have access to streaming the episode on Friday (July 25).
