British pop superstar Adele caused controversy at the Grammy Awards last night after talking about her ‘black friends’ while praising Beyonce.

The 28-year-old singer, who scooped five awards at the event, dedicated her Album of the Year award to the pregnant US singer and said her album Lemonade ‘made her black friends’ feel empowered.

Her comments have sparked a huge backlash on social media, with many taking to Twitter to criticise the mother-of-one.

Others have defended her against accusations of racism and said her comments were not racist or offensive.

Adele has come under fire after saying her ‘black friends’ were empowered by Beyonce’s album at the Grammy Awards last night, pictured

The comments about Beyonce’s album have sparked a fierce backlash on social media. Pictured is Beyonce and husband Jay Z

Others asked why Adele chose to highlight the race of her friends in her comments

Accepting the award for Album of the Year for her record 25, Adele instead said Beyonce deserved it.

She said: ‘I can’t possibly accept this award. I’m very humble and I’m grateful and gracious but my artist of my life is Beyonce and the Lemonade album was just so monumental – Beyonce, it was so monumental – and so well thought out and so beautiful and soul-baring.

‘All us artists here, we f****** adore you. The way you make me and my friends feel.

‘The way you make my black friends feel is empowering. You make them stand up for themselves and I love you and I always have.’

She added: ‘My idol is Queen Bey and I adore you.’

But many were upset at her words and said separating people by race was ‘insidious and rude’.

The debate over the comments has continued this morning with some saying Adele ‘lost them’ over her words

Another comment on Twitter said: ‘Seeing a lot of misguided comments regarding Adele’s ‘black friends’ comment. It’s not ok in London or the UK, never has been.

‘In London especially we all live in close quarters and will likely have friends of all races, but to separate them is insidious & rude’.

@stephiebabe93 said: ‘Ima let you slide with ‘my black friends’ bc (sic) you were giving props Adele. But don’t do it again.’

A user known as The Zoracle added: ‘Adele’s speech was so great until she mentioned her black friends.’

And another user called ‘Callie’ added: ‘Hmmm okayyyy (sic) whats (sic) the difference Adele between your reg (sic) friends and black friends?’

‘Princess Jasmine’ added: ‘I get it. Adele’s great. But she lost me when she said to Beyonce that she loves how she makes her black friends feel empowered.’

Others took the British singer’s side and said people were overreacting to comments taken out of context.

But others defended the British singer and said that her message had been misinterpreted

Some said the Grammy Award-winner meant no harm by her comments and that they had been taken out of context

Nikki Knowles tweeted: ‘People getting caught up with the ‘my black friends’ comment by Adele. Understand her message…then you can understand and feel her heart.’

@KalilahPerkins said: ‘Adele meant no harm by referring to the empowerment her black friends felt when listening to Beyonce’s album. Let’s not take this there pls (sic).’

The Madam-Editor added: ‘There’s a lot to be made about right now. And a lot of people at whom, but it’s not Adele. And it’s not because she said Black Friends (sic).’

Adele also won best pop vocal album for 25 and best pop solo performance for Hello, taking her total number of Grammy wins to 15.

She is the first artist to win song, record and album of the year in the same year twice following her success in 2012 with her album 21 and single Rolling In The Deep.

Adele had earlier been left in tears during the star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles after she restarted her rendition of Michael’s song Fast Love.

She swore as she called a halt to her performance, telling the audience: ‘I’m sorry, I can’t mess this up for him.’

Backstage, Adele said she was ‘devastated’ about restarting the song – a year after she struggled with sound problems during her performance at the 2016 Grammys.

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