Maren Morris stands by her 'Insurrection Barbie' tweet about Jason Aldean's wife, Brittany Aldean
“I don’t really have any tweets that I’ve regretted,” Morris said.
Maren Morris isn't sorry.
The country music artist is standing by her 2022 social media post about Brittany Aldean, wife of "Try That in a Small Town" singer Jason Aldean.
“I don’t really have any tweets that I’ve regretted,” Morris said on an Aug. 19 episode of Cosmopolitan’s Cheap Shots series. “I will say I didn’t think my ‘Insurrection Barbie’ tweet to a certain someone would have picked up so much momentum, but I stand by it.”
Morris made the comment on X in response to an Instagram post by Aldean that was perceived by many to be transphobic.
"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," Aldean wrote.
Morris' clap back: "It’s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie."
Morris didn't reply to Aldean directly. She left her remarks instead in a comment on an X post by Cassadee Pope, who first singled out Aldean's insensitive remark for scrutiny.
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"You’d think celebs with beauty brands would see the positives in including LGBTQ+ people in their messaging," Pope wrote about Aldean, who was selling hair extensions at the time. "But instead here we are, hearing someone compare their ‘tomboy phase’ to someone wanting to transition. Real nice.”
The "Insurrection Barbie" comment launched a blitz of critical coverage directed at Morris on right wing media, culminating in a Tucker Carlson Tonight appearance from Aldean herself. Aldean said that she was "extremely surprised" by the backlash to her Instagram caption, which she characterized as "advocating for children."
Carlson referred to Morris as a "fake country music singer" and a "lunatic," leading Morris to promote "Lunatic Country Music Person" T-shirts, with proceeds benefiting Trans Lifeline and GLAAD's Transgender Media Program.
The clash between the two extended for several months via broadcast appearances, podcast appearances, and social media, leading Morris to question whether or not she would attend the 2022 Country Music Awards.
"I don't think I lost any fans over this," Morris told the Los Angeles Times at the time, "I've been very clear from the get-go. It sucks when artists stay quiet, stay quiet, stay quiet, and then they finally reach their breaking point and have to say something because something is so unjust or disgusting. And then they lose half their crowd because they stayed quiet."
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Morris remains clear about her political beliefs, whether she's daring Tennessee police to "f---ing arrest me" for introducing her son to drag queens or supporting gay musician Adam Mac after he was removed from a Kentucky music festival bill allegedly over concerns around his sexuality. In June, Morris herself came out as bisexual in an Instagram post, writing, "Happy to be the B in LGBTQ+" and "happy pride."
The barn-burning musician may have gotten her start in country music, but she's recently embraced a new pop sensibility, remarking that while she "thought I'd like to burn [the genre] to the ground and start over ... it's burning itself down without my help."
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