Kelly Clarkson chides Grammy President's 'step up' remark

Kelly Clarkson has spoken out against Grammy President Neil Portnow after he said women wanting to be in the music industry need to 'step up.'

The 35-year-old took to social media to slam Portnow as she wrote, "A confused soul said women need 2 "step up" their A-game if they wanna start winning & u know what I'm not even mad at ignorance."

She added, "I'm just gonna kindly point u n the direction of my A-game album I recently dropped #MeaningOfLife #UrWelcome I Jenna Dewan'd that shit y'all #stepup"

Earlier, pop-sensation Pink also posted a powerful response to Portnow's comment.

"Women in music don't need to 'step up'-women have been stepping since the beginning of time. Stepping up, and also stepping aside," Pink wrote in a note shared on the social platform. "Women owned music this year. They've been killing it. And every year before this."

Portnow's comment came after the hashtag #GrammysSoMale started trending on Twitter during the 2018 Grammys broadcast.

He had said, "I think it has to begin with women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls - who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, who want to be producers, who want to be part of the industry on the executive level - to step up.