People are talkin’ — about, well, people talkin’.

Tigers ace Tarik Skubal was mic’d up during his start in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game in Atlanta, a development that didn’t sit well with many fans on social media — especially Tigers fans, after the lefty gave up two runs on three hits in his one inning of work.

Fox broadcasters Joe Davis and John Smoltz were talking with Skubal and his catcher, Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners, during the first inning. It led to some moments of awkward silence because there’s not much time to chat when pitchers are on a clock.

It also led to a few candid moments, like Skubal dropping an F-bomb when Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks drilled a two-run double.

Skubal also made history in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game, with the first non-spring-training challenge of a ball or strike. An 0-2 pitch on Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres was called a ball, but Raleigh quickly tapped his head to challenge, at the urging of Skubal.

It took seconds for the call to be overturned to a strike, and a strikeout, drawing a big grin from Skubal.

“Take them any way you can get them, boys,” said Skubal, the reigning American League Cy Young winner who was making his first start in the All-Star Game.

While Fox took some heat for mic’ing up the batterymate in the AL, the reviews were more positive when Los Angeles Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw embraced the mic later in the game.

The game is, at its core, an exhibition game. No longer does it determine home-field advantage in the World Series, which is why MLB went to a modified Home Run Derby to determine the winner (the National League won), after the game was tied at 6 after nine innings. In a lot of ways, it’s become a made-for-TV game.

Hence, the microphones, which traditionally have been reserved for infielders and outfielders, rather than pitchers and catchers.

Skubal has always been a willing participant to do dugout interviews during regular-season games, typically on days after he pitches. This was new. And then, there’s also this: According to the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement, players who agree to wear a mic in the All-Star Game receive a $15,000 bonus.

That, of course, is peanuts to what Skubal is projected to make when he hits free-agency after 2026, but it’s not nothing, either.

It was more than enough to get him talkin’, and, as it turns out, swearin’.