Ellen DeGeneres Cancels Kim Burrell's Performance After Singer's Sermon

Ellen DeGeneres won't allow Kim Burrell to appear on her talk show after the gospel singer refused to apologize for a sermon in which she referred to gays and lesbians as perverted.

Video of Burrell preaching at Houston's Love & Liberty Fellowship Church was circulated online last week stirring up controversy.

In the video, Burrell is heard saying, "That perverted homosexual spirit is a spirit of delusion and confusion and has deceived many men and women, and it has caused a strain on the body of Christ."
Burrell addressed her remarks in a Facebook live video.

"We're not in a war against flesh and blood. I came on because I care about God’s creation and every person from the LGBT and anything else, any other kind of thing that is supporting gay… I never said LGBT last night. I said S-I-N and whatever else falls in the sin was preached."

Burrell and singer Pharrell were to perform a song from the movie "Hidden Figures" Thursday on the show. Pharrell posted on Instagram that "I condemn hate speech of any kind," making no specific reference to Burrell.

The openly-gay talk show host tweeted, "For those asking, Kim Burrell will not be appearing on my show."

Needtobreathe Returns to TV

The band performed new single “The Heart” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show last Friday.

The band will return to The Late Show with David Letterman tonight for a performance of “The Heart,” joined by Paul Shaffer.

On May 3, Needtobreathe will perform on CBS This Morning Saturday’s “Saturday Sessions.”

Needtobreathe To Perform on Ellen and Letterman

Needtobreathe is gearing up for the release of their new album Rivers In the Wasteland, out next Tuesday April 15th. In support, the acclaimed band will perform on Ellen on April 18th and will return to the Late Show with David Letterman on April 23rd to perform their new single "The Heart."

Needtobreathe started to tease fans with new music last week by releasing one new song a day via USA Today, Yahoo, HitFix and Team Coco.

Ellen Labels Marc Martel a Hunky YouTube Sensation

From the Ellen Show web site:

"The hunky YouTube sensation, Marc Martel, performed a cover of the Queen song, "Somebody to Love." He sounds so much like Freddie Mercury, it will knock your socks off. Check out the impressive performance here."