Shaggy singing ‘It Wasn’t Me’ at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade raises eyebrows

After kicking off with his popular 1995 track “Mr. Bombastic,” the music stopped and Shaggy jumped into “It Wasn’t Me” – a suggestive NSFW song about a man’s partner catching him having sex with another woman.

“Honey came in and she caught me red-handed / Creepin’ with the girl next door,” he sang as kids and other paradegoers danced along. “How could I forget that I had / Given her an extra key?”

However, Shaggy made sure not to include the song’s more explicit lyrics about being caught “butt naked” and “bangin’ on the bathroom floor” before he and Rayvon moved on to their 2000 hit “Angel.”

But the performance still took viewers by surprise, and many rushed to social media to question why the reggae star sang “It Wasn’t Me” during a parade that also featured characters from “Sesame Street” and a giant Buzz Lightyear balloon.

“I’m so serious nobody wants to hear Shaggy ‘wasn’t me’ singing about getting caught cheating,” one person wrote on X. “Imagine having to explain the lyrics to a child who keeps picking it up and singing it nonstop.”

“Something truly glorious about Shaggy singing ‘It Wasn’t Me’ to the elementary schoolers at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2025,” commented another.

“I’m no prude, but Shaggy singing It Wasn’t Me probably not right for the Thanksgiving parade,” shared a third.

“Shaggy singing ‘it wasn’t me’ in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is a choice,” added a fourth. “I’m not saying it’s a bad choice, but it is a choice.”

Other viewers who tuned in to NBC’s annual holiday special, meanwhile, were all for Shaggy and Rayvon’s risqué performance.

“Shaggy performing ‘It Wasn’t Me’ aboard a giant turkey float is precisely the Thanksgiving morning of my dreams,” one happy fan tweeted.

The Post has reached out to Shaggy for comment.

This wouldn’t be the only Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade incident that left people scratching their heads this year.

Busta Rhymes, who performed on Nickelodeon and Paramount’s “World of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Chocolate Factory” float, was accused of lip-syncing his way through a medley of songs that included “Break Ya Neck” and “Look at Me Now.”

“LOL-ing at Busta completely forgetting he recorded ad-libs for his lip sync in the Thanksgiving Day parade,” one user wrote on X Thursday morning.

“I really am so grateful for Busta Rhymes lip synching on a float with the Ninja Turtles… this is what I need in life,” another fan commented.

Although Busta Rhymes, 53, was accused of lip-syncing his performance, it isn’t unusual for artists to rely on a backing vocal track for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

John Legend revealed why that is after fans called out Rita Ora for lip-synching on her float back in 2018.

“Fun fact,” he explained on X at the time. “We all have to lip sync on this parade because the floats don’t have the capacity to handle the sound requirements for a live performance. Hope y’all enjoyed it anyway.”