Fergie responds to critics of that wildly unpopular national anthem performance

Fergie has issued a statement responding to the people who criticised her National Anthem performance at the recent NBA All-Star Game.

It's sort of hard to describe the performance in words, so if you haven't watched it yet it's probably worth getting caught up here:

Needless to say, she certainly put a unique twist on it.

Footage of her singing reached the top page of Reddit's r/videos page earlier in the week, and the video above has now been viewed over 10 million times.

On Monday, Fergie issued a response.

"I've always been honoured and proud to perform the national anthem and last night I wanted to try something special for the NBA," Fergie told TMZ. "I'm a risk taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn't strike the intended tone.

"I love this country and honestly tried my best."

Oh dear.