Miranda Lambert halted her concert to publicly call out some fans who were taking selfies during her performance.
The 39-year-old country singer was performing at the Bakkt Theater in Las Vegas when she spotted a group of concertgoers posing for a photo.
A viral video shared on social media reveals her instructing her band to pause the music during her rendition of the 2016 single 'Tin Man,' and then motioning to the fans to put their phones away.
"I'm going to stop right here for a second," Lambert said. "These girls are worried about their selfies and not listening to the song. It's pissing me off a little bit. I don't like it. At all. We're here to hear some country music tonight. I'm singing some country damn music."
Watch the video below:The moment earned hearty applause from the crowd who clearly agreed with Lambert, prompting her to retake the song from the top.
However, not everyone approved of her approach as many commenters under the video - which has now been viewed 3.2 million times - expressed that the women paid for their tickets and could take as many photos as they wanted.
One person pointed out: "They paid their money, what's the problem?"
Another user remarked: "ok maybe they wanted a selfie saying they were at YOUR concert? Lol."
A third person commented: "Those fans paid a premium for those seats and they can take a photo."
However, some people - including Whoopi Goldberg - argued that Lambert was well within her rights to call out the fans, regardless of the money they paid to see her.
During a discussion on The View, the 67-year-old Sister Act star said: "If they paid money for the tickets, they came to see her. So if she's singing, at least show a little respect. Acknowledge [that if] you can see her, she can see you too!"
"She can see what you're doing and she can see that you're ignoring her. It's like being a lounge singer. You go into a bar, somebody's at the piano, and nobody's listening! That's what it's like for her," she added.
One of the women who were a part of the selfie group has spoken out and said she was "appalled" by the viral incident.
"It was 30 seconds at most," influencer Adela Cali, who later posted the picture to Instagram, told NBC News. "We took the picture quickly and were going to sit back down."
Calin recalled that she and her friends had tried to take photos before the show had kicked off, but "the lighting wasn’t great," so instead, she asked a fan behind the group to take a photo of them before it ended.
"We just couldn't get one good picture," the influencer said. "We were so excited because I think we had the best seats in the house in the whole theater."
After the 'Drunk' musician's words, Calin told Good Morning America that the concert "was not the same," explaining: "I thought, I feel like I'm being back in school and me and my friends did something that annoyed the teacher and she scolded us so she told us to sit down."
"Everybody was having such a great time. We would stand up at times and dance. It was great energy. But after that happened it was just, um, it was not the same," Calin added.
