Keyshia Cole has already fessed up to the delay during her installment of Verzuz against Ashanti. Now, the latter has shared her take on the hotly-anticipated R&B showdown.

During a recent interview in promotion for her new single, “2:35 (I Want You),” the singer spoke about Cole’s dilemma during the Thursday (January 21) broadcast. “I obviously thought she was gonna be there a little bit sooner,” Ashanti confessed during the promo spot. “I just felt like as women camaraderie, if someone is late, you know, you hold on a little bit … I didn’t even realize so much time was going by … There was something with her screen I think, or the sound, or something. I didn’t even know what was going on … I was like, ‘OK, I have to go out because there are just people sittin’ there. This thing has been already up and down—the cancelations, the postponements, now it’s late.’ So, I said, ‘I’m waiting a bit longer, and then I’ll go out.’ So I did.”

Ashanti even addressed the fans who criticized Cole for having an attitude upon arriving at the set over an hour late. “Everyone has their days, you know what I mean?” she said in Cole’s defense. “… There was probably a lot of stuff going on. It’s a lot of pressure. When you think of that many people with eyes on you … If her stuff wasn’t together, of course, you’re going to be frustrated … so on top of being nervous and then having to deal with all of that, of course, you’re going to be a little flustered. So I would just assume that played a part in it.”

According to Verzuz organizers, the highly-anticipated showdown caught some record-breaking numbers as more than 6 million viewers tuned in to see the vets go head-to-head against each other. This was a good match they are both cultural Icons in music, I enjoyed it even though they were late it broke records it was worth the wait.