Maren Morris Takes Jab At Tucker Carlson During GLAAD Media Awards Acceptance Speech: “I Would Never Insult The Recently Unemployed”
deadline.comMaren Morris was honored at the 2023 GLAAD Media Awards New York with the Excellence in Media Award. The singer-songwriter took the stage to accept the award and recalled her feud with former Fox News star Tucker Carlson.
It was back in September 2022 that Morris found herself in the middle of a feud with social media influencer Brittany Aldean, the wife of country singer Jason Aldean.
Morris was standing up against a transphobic post shared by Brittany. When the influencer was given a platform by Carlson, both took the opportunity to take jabs at Morris calling her a “lunatic,” something that the singer says emboldened her. “Fine, 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, yeah,” Morris said. “That made me feel a little cool, but I don’t want to gloat.
I would never insult the recently unemployed.” Carlson was ousted by Fox News last month in what was said to be a mutual agreement.
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