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Maren Morris & Cassadee Pope vs. Brittany Aldean: EVERYTHING to Know
Maren Morris doesn't cognize if it's successful her bones to be the 2022 CMA Awards.
The "80s Mercedes" vocalist got candid astir whether oregon not she volition beryllium attending the Nov. 9 awards amusement aft she and Jason Aldean's wife, Brittany Aldean, engaged successful an online dispute. Maren's verdict? Her attendance is inactive up successful the air.
"I don't cognize if I consciousness [at] location determination close now," she noted successful a Sept. 20 interrogation with the Los Angeles Times. "So galore radical I emotion volition beryllium successful that room, and possibly I'll marque a game-time determination and go. But arsenic of close now, I don't consciousness comfy going."
The determination whitethorn look similar 1 that galore artists would conflict with. After all, Maren's medium Humble Quest is nominated for Album of the Year that night, but for Maren, determination is simply a consciousness of relief.
"I deliberation I was much bittersweet going past year," Maren explained. "I'm not bully astatine those events due to the fact that I'm awkward. But this clip I benignant of consciousness peaceful astatine the conception of not going."
Maren's hesitation comes aft she and Brittany exchanged tense words implicit societal media. Last month, Brittany posted an Instagram Reel, with the caption, "I'd truly similar to convey my parents for not changing my sex erstwhile I went done my tomboy phase."
Although Maren didn't straight code Brittany, she seemingly referenced her by penning successful an Aug. 26 tweet, "It's truthful casual to, like, not beryllium a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie."
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Looking backmost connected that Tweet, Maren confirmed that she didn't tally it by anyone earlier posting and that she stands by it.
"I hatred feeling similar I request to beryllium the hallway show of treating radical similar quality beings successful state music,"she told the Los Angeles Times. "But there's a precise insidious civilization of radical feeling precise comfy being transphobic and homophobic and racist, and that they tin wrapper it successful a gag and nary 1 volition ever telephone them retired for it."
As for utilizing the word "Insurrection Barbie," Maren said, "There's a batch worse things I could've called her."
"Look, I'm not a unfortunate successful this and neither is she," Maren said. "But I don't person feelings of kindness erstwhile it comes to humans being made amusive of for questioning their identity, particularly kids."
As for Brittany, the 33-year-old took to Instagram connected Aug. 31 to accidental her words "have been taken retired of context." Brittany added that she "isn't getting twisted astir the twisting of my words."
E! News has reached retired to Brittany's rep for remark connected Maren's interrogation and hasn't heard back.
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