Country music and famous political commentators are embroiled in a battle of words in the aftermath of Brittany Aldean's message in which she thanked her parents for "not changing" her gender when she enjoyed a "tomboy phase" in her youth.
The controversy, which predominantly surrounded what some believe to be hateful and transphobic comments by Aldean, caught the attention of two female country music stars, Marren Morris and Cassadee Pope.
Aldean, who is married to Grammy-nominated singer Jason Aldean, doubled down when she was met with criticism from Pope, sharing to her Instagram story, "Advocating for the genital mutilation of children under the disguise of love and calling it ‘gender affirming care,’ is one of the worst evils.
I will always support my children and do what I can do protect their innocence." Originally, Pope and Morris took to their Twitter's to share their distaste of Aldean's comments.
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