Maren Morris Takes a Dig at 'Unemployed' Tucker Carlson While Accepting GLAAD Award

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Maren Morris had the opportunity to poke fun at one of her biggest haters!On Saturday, the 33-year-old country music superstar accepted GLAAD's Excellence in Media award during the organizations annual ceremony and gave a callback to her beef with Tucker Carlson.While accepting the honor, Morris talked about the feeling she got when she spoke out against transphobia following comments made by Carlson, Jason Aldean and his wife, Britney Kerr, about parents of transgender children — which set off a public feud between Morris and the group last year.«Maybe I felt a little badass taking Tucker Carlson's calling me a lunatic for standing up to transphobia, turning it into a T-shirt and raising $150,000 for LGBTQ+ charities,» she said during her speech. «That made me feel a little cool,» she added before taking a jab at the recently fired Fox news host. «But I don't want to gloat, I would never insult the recently unemployed.».@MarenMorris has a thing or two to say about Tucker Carlson’s attacks on her. #GLAADawardspic.twitter.com/0B0u9sCAZ3In addition to calling out the former host, Morris used her speech to speak about the acceptance she has felt from the LGBTQ+ community, and why she will continued to advocate for them.«I want my fellow country music artists, and artists in general, to understand that inclusivity is not only the right thing, but it's good for business,» she said. «You open yourself up, [and] your sound, to a much larger audience, even if you lose some along the way.

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