· Tate McRae says no to playing Britney Spears in a biopic. And she says it plainly.
· In a new Rolling Stone profile, Tate was asked if she would ever play Britney.
· Her answer? “I need to take an acting lesson before I’d even consider ever doing anything.”
· She also shut down the comparisons fast. “I feel like I look nothing like her or sound nothing like her, so I don’t know if I’d be a great fit.”
· The comparison comes up often because Tate, like Britney, came up young and dances hard on stage.
· Tate says admiration does not equal casting.
· Tate also addressed those lip syncing rumors that blew up online.
· A viral clip showed her singing into an upside down microphone during a show. The Internet ran with it.
· Her response was a TikTok of her belting “Purple Lace Bra” with the caption, “Cuz apparently I don’t sing in my shows,” plus a smiley face.
· Tate told Rolling Stone clips get wildly misread online. Her words. “You have to have humor with it, otherwise you would go insane.”
· She added she sings the whole show unless she is walking or in a dance break. “As any person does in their shows.”
· Her frustration. The clip cut off seconds before she started singing again. “There’s nothing I can do to defend this, because there’s too many things to defend.”