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Maren Morris Skips 2022 CMAs Red Carpet After Saying She’s Not ‘Comfortable’ Going
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She may be up for one of the night’s biggest prizes, but Maren Morris opted not to walk the red carpet at the 2022 CMA Awards.
After a September interview with the Los Angeles Times in which the country star expressed her discomfort with the annual award show, fans had wondered if Morris, 32, would show at Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday night. Her most recent album, Humble Quest, is nominated for album of the year.
She and husband Ryan Hurd arrived just in time for the album of the year category. After Luke Combs took home the prize, Morris gave her fellow country star a standing ovation, then departed the venue.
Morris later gave fans a peek at her outfit in a cheeky video shared to Twitter that featured her strutting down a hallway with a bottle of Dom Pérignon in her hands to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Karma.”
“BYOB, CMA,” she captioned the post, adding a “cheers” emoji.
During her chat with the Times, Morris, 32, said she had mixed feelings about attending the CMAs, and said she often feels “awkward” at such events.
“Honestly, I haven’t decided if I’m gonna go,” she said at the time. “I’m very honored that my record is nominated. But I don’t know if I feel [at] home there right now. So many people I love will be in that room, and maybe I’ll make a game-time decision and go. But as of right now, I don’t feel comfortable going.”
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She continued: “I think I was more sad going last year. Some nights are fun. Others I’m just crawling out of my skin. I’m not good at those events because I’m awkward. But this time I kind of feel peaceful at the notion of not going.”
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The CMAs discussion came just weeks after the “Circles Around This Town” singer publicly criticized Brittany Kerr Aldean — the wife of fellow country star Jason Aldean — for making a transphobic comment in an Instagram video amid ongoing debate and efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care.
“I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life,” Brittany captioned a makeup reveal video in September.
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Morris responded on Twitter: “It’s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.”
The exchange sparked additional back-and-forths between Morris, Brittany, and other stars like Cassadee Pope, Lindsay Ell, and more, and when Brittany appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show to discuss the situation, Carlson labeled Morris a “Lunatic Country Music Person.”
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Morris, in turn, stuck the phrase on T-shirts and sold them to fans, ultimately raising more than $150,000 for the Trans Lifeline and GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program.
The 2022 CMAs hosted by Luke Bryan are airing live Wednesday night from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Jason Aldean concertgoers boo when he mentions Maren Morris amid feud
Jason Aldean spurred on his feud with Maren Morris over the weekend.
Onstage in Nashville on Friday, the “Dirt Road Anthem” singer teased a mystery performer who would be joining him. But while ticking off the names of some of country music’s biggest stars, he mentioned Morris, and it drew booing from the crowd.
“Asked some friends to come out tonight to make the show extra special,” Jason told the crowd, as seen in social media videos. “I thought, man, who could I call? I got some friends in town. I could call Luke Bryan. I could call Kane Brown. See if Kenny Chesney’s here and not at the beach.”
The crowd cheered for each name until Aldean said, “Maren Morris,” which received a negative response. As the attendees booed loudly, Jason shrugged and acted confused, as if he had no idea why the audience would react that way.
Jason, who is on his Rock N’ Roll Cowboy Tour, went on to call out Morgan Wallen. Miranda Lambert was also a guest.
Jason’s Morris reference stems from the back-and-forth she had with his wife, Brittany Aldean. In August, Brittany — half of the conservative country music couple — posted a video of herself doing her makeup with the caption, “I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life.” Maren was among the prominent women in the country music to reply, calling her a “scumbag human” for her transphobic comments. She also dubbed her “Insurrection Barbie” for peddling conspiracy theories after the Jan 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol.
Brittany doubled down on her comments — and was supported by Jason, who called her, “MY Barbie!!” Morris’s husband, Ryan Hurd, also entered the chat, defending his wife, saying, “picking on trans kids isn’t something that is brave at all.” Meanwhile, Morris was identified as “lunatic country music person” on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, a phrase she put on T-shirts and sold, donating the profits, over $150,000, to GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program and Trans Lifeline.
In September, Maren Morris said she had no regrets about going up against Brittany and Jason on social media, telling the Los Angeles Times, “I hate feeling like I need to be the hall monitor of treating people like human beings in country music. It’s exhausting. But there’s a very insidious culture of people feeling very comfortable being transphobic and homophobic and racist, and that they can wrap it in a joke and no one will ever call them out for it. It just becomes normal for people to behave like that.”
However, Morris also said she’s now undecided about whether she’ll attend the Country Music Awards on Nov. 9 in this climate. Her album, Humble Quest, is nominated for Album of the Year. Jason’s song with Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You,” is nominated for Musical Event of the Year.
“I don’t know if I feel [at] home there right now,” Morris said. “As of right now, I don’t feel comfortable going.”
Maren Morris, Cassadee Pope Slam Brittany Aldean’s Transphobic Post
Maren Morris, Cassadee Pope, and Brittany Aldean. Shutterstock (3)
Country drama. Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope are clapping back after Brittany Aldean (née Kerr) — the wife of singer Jason Aldean — seemingly shared a transphobic message.
“You’d think celebs with beauty brands would see the positives in including LGBTQ+ people in their messaging,” Pope, 32, tweeted on Friday, August 26, referring to Brittany, 33, and her Instagram caption about being a “girly” girl. “But instead, here we are, hearing someone compare their ‘tomboy phase’ to someone wanting to transition. Real nice.”
Pope further noted that while she had “stopped following” Brittany’s account “a long time ago,” she “couldn’t help but address” the controversy after seeing a friend repost the social media upload.
Brittany — who married the 45-year-old “Dirt Road Anthem” crooner in 2015 — had shared a makeup tutorial via Instagram earlier this month, in which she compared her former tomboy personality to that of transgender individuals in the process of transitioning.
“I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life🤎✌🏼,” the blogger captioned her video on Tuesday, August 23, sharing footage of how she puts together her beauty look.
Jason, for his part, replied: “Lmao!! I’m glad they didn’t too, cause you and I wouldn’t have worked out 😂.”
While the mother of two — she shares Memphis, 4, and Navy, 3, with her spouse — and her friends praised her beauty look and message, both the former Voice winner and Morris, 32, were less than impressed.
“It’s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie,” the “Middle” songstress tweeted on Friday, referring to the January riot at the Capitol following the presidential election.
Several hours later, Brittany addressed her controversial remarks.
“Advocating for the genital mutilation of children under the disguise of love and calling it ‘gender-affirming care’ is one of the worst evils,” the YouTube personality claimed in an Instagram Story statement on Friday, tagging Pope’s account. “I will always support my children and do what I can to protect their innocence. The other day, Memphis wanted to be a dinosaur and tomorrow Navy will want to be a cat, they’re children.”
She continued: “Some parents want to be accepted by society so badly that they’re willing to make life-altering decisions for their children who aren’t old enough to fully comprehend the consequences of those actions. Love is protecting your child until they are mature enough as an adult to make their own life decisions.”
Brittany then doubled down on her initial message, once again thanking her parents — Debbie and Donald Kerr — for allowing her to “go through my tomboy phase without changing my gender.” She concluded her message, “Until then, leave children alone!”
The social media influencer went on to share a list of age requirements for individuals to enter the military, purchase cigarettes, drive a car and vote. After listing that those require people to be 18, 21, 16 and 18, respectively, she then speculated about the age requirement to “take life-altering hormone blockers” or “irreversible surgery,” referring to gender affirmation surgery which reconstructs patients’ bodies to better align with their gender identity.
In response to Morris’ clapback, Brittany called her “Karen Morris” but thanked her for the “Barbie” nickname.
Pope eventually responded to Brittany’s reply, writing via Instagram: “POV: Knowing you got under someone’s skin you don’t like in the first place 😂.”
Morris commented at the time: “You know, I’m glad she didn’t become a boy either because we really don’t need another asshole dude in the world. Sucks when Karens try to hide their homophobia/transphobia behind their ‘protectiveness of the children.’ Weren’t they putting their kids in ‘[President Joe] Biden-is-a-pedo’ shirts on social media? Sounds like a real safe way to protect them from millions of eyes! … F—k all the way off to Insurrection Barbie and the fellow IB’s trolling this comment section with their hypocritical, hateful asses.”
Brittany Aldean did not immediately respond to Us Weekly‘s request for comment.
Morgan Wallen slammed by Maren Morris, Mickey Guyton and more country stars after singer uses racial slur
Multiple country music stars are slamming Morgan Wallen after he was caught on tape using a racial slur.
Singer Maren Morris took to Twitter to express her feelings.
“It actually IS representative of our town because this isn’t his first ‘scuffle’ and he just demolished a huge streaming record last month regardless. We all know it wasn’t his first time using that word,” the “Girl” singer, 30, tweeted. “We keep them rich and protected at all costs with no recourse.”
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Fellow star Kelsea Ballerini added, “The news out of Nashville tonight does not represent country music.
“Running Out of Road” songstress Lauren Jenkins tweeted, “‘I promise to do better’ is how you address exercise and healthy eating habits to yourself…. not about hurling racial slurs.”
“The Voice” Season 3 winner Cassadee Pope penned, “I am completely disgusted by Morgan Wallens’ [sic] words. To be that flippant and nonchalant while hurling the most offensive racial slur you could utter…. some people just have ZERO sensitivity to a real f–king problem in this world: racism. It has no place in country music and has been tolerated and enabled way too long. And it has NO place in this world.”
Justin Fabus agreed, “Enough is enough. If you condone or try to justify @MorganWallen’s latest behavior, there is NO place for you in the Country Music community or ANY community,” he tweeted.
“The hate runs deep. Smfh,” tweeted Mickey Guyton, who later added: “How many passes will you continue to give? Asking for a friend. No one deserves to be canceled [but] this is unacceptable.”
“Promises to do better don’t mean sh*t,” she stated.
Wallen, 27, told Fox News he was “embarrassed and sorry” for using the racial slur.
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“I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better,” he said.
Morgan Wallen has apologized after a video surfaced showed him shouting a racial slur. The video, which was first published by TMZ on Tuesday night, showed him outside a home in Nashville, Tenn., yelling profanities.
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Wallen’s remorse comes after TMZ posted a video of the “Wasted On You” singer’s return home on Sunday night with a group of friends. The clip shows Wallen walking up his driveway as he refers to one of his friends as the N-word and uses other profanities.
Since the video went viral, Wallen’s label announced it has “indefinitely” suspended his recording contract.
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“In the wake of recent events, Big Loud Records has made the decision to suspend Morgan Wallen’s contract indefinitely,” the statement reads.
CMT, the country music television channel owned by Viacom, also suspended playing Wallen’s music. The company wrote on social media, “After learning of Morgan Wallen’s racial slur late last night, we are in the process of removing his appearances from all our platforms. We do not tolerate or condone words and actions that are in direct opposition to our core values that celebrate diversity, equity & inclusion.”
And radio chain, iHeartRadio, has pulled all of Wallen’s songs from its stations.
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“In light of Morgan Wallen’s recent actions involving the use of a racial slur, we have made the decision to remove his music and content from our stations effective immediately,” a spokesperson for iHeartMedia told Fox News.
A rep for Wallen didn’t immediately return Fox News’ request for comment.