Singer Vanessa Hernandez, known as Netza, says that a recent statement from the Dodgers has been confused after claiming that she was told she was not welcome following her national anthem performance in Spanish in recent Dodger games.
Neza played the official Spanish version of “Star Spagld Banner” on Sunday before the match at Dodger Stadium.
In a video that is currently being shared on Tiktok, which has more than 12 million views, Nezza showed a snippet of the conversation on Dodger Stadium just before he was scheduled to perform the national anthem on Sunday. In a video she wrote, “Look at the Dodgers, say you can’t sing the spanked banner of the Spanish stars that Roosevelt literally commissioned.”
Neza played the official Spanish version of “Star Spagld Banner” on Sunday before the match at Dodger Stadium.
Speaking to NBC4 on Tuesday, she said, “I don’t think I’ve ever been heartbroken in my life.”
“When they said no, it felt like that stab to Latinos,” Neza said. “And that hit me at my heart.”
The singer added that the positive messages she received from those who attended the game added that it was worth it because she appreciated her what she did.
“In this moment, the Latin community will come together and we will be with you. We will be with you,” Neza said.
But the moment brought some controversy and confusion, Neza explains.
According to a statement from a Dodgers spokesman Tuesday morning, they said they would be welcoming Netza, saying “there are no results or harsh feelings about her performance.”
“She wasn’t asked to leave. We’ll be happy to be back with her,” the statement continued.
However, Netza said she was confused as she said the statement was not the same message she heard during the call after her performance.
The singer was told before she left the stadium, “We should never call us again, please never email us again, your clients will never be welcomed again.”
She said she’d heard from someone in the organization since the call.
“That’s not the message I received,” she added. “I am not welcoming or not, I am not welcoming to you to come back.”
Netza told NBC4 that her actions were not rude and explained that on the first pitch to sing the national anthem in both English and Spanish, she provided historical information about the Spanish language production of “The Stars Pangld Banner,” “Erpendon Estrellado.”
“It wasn’t really rude because the lyrics are the same. I was still singing about being an American I’m proud of. I’m an American I’m proud of,” she said. “I just wanted to really go there and make you feel like you’re including the Latin community.”
