Awkward! How Andrea Crothers scored an invite to Beyoncé’s Dubai afterparty
It was the trip of a lifetime for Today reporter Andrea Crothers when she invited to Dubai to join the press pack covering the opening of a luxury hotel.
Better yet, US megastar Beyoncé was set to headline a private concert (her first live performance in five years) to mark the opening of Atlantis the Royal and Andrea would be there.
But she told Laurel, Gary & Mark the highlight was making it into the afterparty… even if the method was a little awkward!
“We made friends with a couple British and American journos and thought, ‘Why don’t we just try to go up to level 22, wouldn’t that be a laugh?’
“You can imagine by this stage, we uh, had a little bit of Dutch courage under our belts…”
Press PLAY below to hear how Andrea made it to the afterparty
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