Cringe! Watch US Open Announcers Mistake Dionne Warwick For Gladys Knight

ESPN announcers Mary Carillo and Chanda Rubin faced backlash for a mistake during the live broadcast of Wednesday's U.S. Open match between Serena Williams and Estonian star Anett Kontaveit.

During the third game of the first set, the broadcasters seemingly misidentified iconic singer Dionne Warwick in the crowd and instead said she was Gladys Knight, who was also in attendance at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City, according to TMZ.

"Got some more stars," Rubin said, as the camera panned to Warwick.

"Gladys Knight!" Carillo then said, to which Rubin agreed.

Carillo and Rubin received criticism from social media users over the mistake.

"Unacceptable," one user wrote alongside a clip of the moment.

"I was trying to decide which is more annoying: random people thinking all Black people are related or random people thinking all Black people look alike. This Dionne Warwick story beats mine 'cause this lady is INSANELY famous. How do you f--- that up?" another commented.

A third person tweeted, "This is confirmation they think we all look alike."

Rubin, 46, took to Twitter to explain the reason why they confused the two stars.

"Too bad I was initially looking at the court (where Auntie Gladys was in the stands) and not our program monitor that showed Ms. Dionne... mistake was immediately corrected," the former top-10 tennis player commented on a tweet of a user criticizing the mistake.

Warwick and Knight did not immediately react to the mistake on the live broadcast. But they did take to Twitter Thursday to share statements about the mix-up, and they seemed to have no hard feelings over it.

"Hi, I'm Gladys Knight... and instead of taking that midnight train to Georgia, I won't walk on by but will say a little prayer for you," Warwick joked.

Knight, for her part, tweeted, "Dionne and I have been sisters for a long time and I hope she is as honored to be mistaken for me as I would be her. I'm sure it was an honest mistake. It was a blessing to be in the house to see Serena's greatness."

The Hollywood personalities and athletes who witnessed Williams' victory against Kontaveit Wednesday also included Gigi and Bella Hadid, Tiger Woods, Spike Lee, Anna Wintour, Seal and La La Anthony.

Following her win, Williams, who announced earlier this month her plan to retire after the U.S. Open, will advance to the third round of the tournament and face Australia's Ajla Tomljanović on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.