Ingrid Andress felt like she was ‘America’s punching bag’ after drunk national anthem debacle

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admitted she was drunk.“It only took, you know, global humiliation for me to be like ‘this is a problem,’” Andress said ron “The Viall Files” podcast Thursday.The songstress, known for booze-related hits like “Wishful Drinking” and “Waste of Lime,” admitted to walking out on the field that day “not caring” how her performance was going to go.In the daring display at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, the vocalist gave a pitchy and slurry rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”“I was so gone that afterward, I thought that I like, kind of nailed it,” the 33-year-old shared.When the songwriter woke up the following day, it was the first time she realized there was a serious problem.“I was like ‘okay, this is so unlike me, like, this is not okay,” she recalled.Before the botched performance, the Colorado native said she was drinking heavily for over three months following a series of events. “I didn’t realize how much I didn’t let myself process those emotions of grief,” Andress said, adding that her sister moved out of her house, she split with her first-ever manager and broke up with her “very serious boyfriend” all at once.Following the National Anthem ordeal, Andress released a statement without approval from her team.“I’m not gonna bulls–t y’all, I was drunk last night.