Ms. Cook popped up on  TODAY and got hit with the Lil Mama questions. At first, she danced: “I rather not speak about it ’cause the performance was so phenomenal that it really doesn’t matter about anything else.”

Kathie Lee & The Other Broad: “But we love, Lil Mama.”

Keys: “That’s nice!”

Fast forward: She finally addressed it. “We can appreciate her being overwhelmed and inspired but we would’ve preferred she did it from her seat.” Ouch! Instead, she’d rather gush over “Empire State Of Mind.”

“Jay-Z and I are both native New Yorkers. It’s kind of a classic New York song almost like new Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, I don’t know. Just a beautiful New York record, I love it.”

Props: PDS via HHNM

Previously: Lil Mama Says She Felt A Bond At VMA’s

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