Carrie Underwood rushes to her rescue.
The former American Idol champion has been booked Demonstration at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration On Monday, January 20.
This booking did not sit well with many social media users as many considered Trump a fascist, racist and/or rapist.
she is Even a convicted felon.
According to various celebrity gossip sources, the artist will sing “America the Beautiful” next Monday – in collaboration with the Armed Forces Chorus and the United States Naval Academy Glee Club.
Clearly aware of the backlash the decision generated, Underwood released a statement on January 13.
“I love my country and I am honored to be asked to sing at the inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event,” Underwood said In a statement to People magazine, adding:
“I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in a spirit of unity and looking to the future.”
Back in January 2017, Trump was turned down by several actors who were asked to play a similar role.
Finally, 3 Doors Down, Toby Keith, Big & Rich and Jackie Evancho were among the handful of stars who signed on to take part in this celebration of the transition.
Underwood, for her part, has never been particularly political or outspoken on topics that affect most Americans.
It seemed to him Come out as the anti mask During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, if one considers that opinion and what it says about him.
“I try to stay out of politics if possible, at least in public, because nobody wins,” Underwood told The Guardian in 2019. “It’s crazy. Everyone tries to lump everything together and put a bow on it, like it’s black and white. And it’s not.”
In 2018, however, some observers believed that Underwood’s single “The Bullet” was a political statement.
You can blame it on hate or blame it on guns/but mamas don’t want to bury their sonsShe sings in the first verse. Left a hole in his heart and it’s still not done/The bullet keeps rolling.’
Underwood said years ago of the answer:
“Immediately people said, ‘Oh you have a song about gun control!’ It was more about the lives that were changed when something terrible happened.
“And it kind of bugs me when people take a song, or something I say and try to pigeonhole me or make me pick a side or something. It’s a discussion – a long discussion. “
