Cape Breton pop star apologizes for bizarre performance

The "My Name is Kay" singer released this statement following her disappointing performance at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay.

Cape Breton pop singer, My Name is Kay, is apologizing to fans and explaining her bizarre onstage behaviour after a hometown concert went horribly wrong on the weekend.

Kay Boutilier, a native of Reserve Mines, has been the talk of Cape Breton’s music scene this week, but for all the wrong reasons.

The Los Angeles-based pop/hip hop artist headlined a show at Glace Bay’s Savoy Theatre this weekend that should have been her triumphant homecoming; instead many fans left in disgust, citing bizarre onstage antics.

“The rappers at the start were really good, but she sounded drunk to be honest,” says fan Sarah MacDonald.

The Savoy Theatre is offering refunds after being inundated with complaints that the show’s content was inappropriate for the many children in attendance.

“Her talking about body parts and female things and a lot of these children were under five years of age,” says mother Dana Matheson-MacDonald.

Kay issued a statement to CTV News today, saying “I want to apologize to my family and friends that came out to support my show…From my heart, I am deeply sorry.”

She also addressed rumours she was drunk onstage.

“I had a couple of drinks to calm my nerves and added an over-the-counter anti-anxiety medication, which, when combined with the alcohol, set off the chain of events. Lesson learned.”

Over the past few years, Kay has become known as a rising star; perhaps one of the next in a long line of internationally renowned Cape Breton musicians. However, after an admittedly disastrous show, the question on many fans minds is whether she can bounce back.

Local DJ Ayvery Norman, who attended the concert, says it is natural for artists to feel undue pressure before hometown shows, but feels Kay will rebound.

“She’ll have the chance to redeem herself because we’re a supportive kind of people here in Cape Breton. We support our own,” says Norman.

“I don’t know if we’ll pay to see her again, but if she does an open-air concert, we’ll take our chances and give her a second chance. Everyone deserves a second chance,” says Matheson-MacDonald.

Kay, who has already beaten the odds since she was discovered on YouTube, says she will be back soon to make things up to her hometown fans.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Ryan MacDonald