Roseanne Barr defends Ingrid Andress years after her own disastrous national anthem performance
nypost.comcountry singer Ingrid Andress, who was lambasted for her performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the MLB Home Run Derby Monday.
Andress, 32, later revealed she was drunk and is going to rehab.Barr, who did her own much-maligned rendition of the national anthem over 30 years ago, defended Andress in an interview with TMZ Tuesday.
The actress said the song is the “hardest in the world” to perform, and that Andress’ rendition wasn’t as bad as it was made out to be.Barr also admitted that she thinks her national anthem performance is still the worst of all time.In 1990, Barr became a laughing stock for her brutal performance at a San Diego Padres baseball game.She screeched the lyrics to the national anthem and even plugged her ears during her rendition.To make matters worse, Barr capped off the infamous moment by grabbing her crotch and spitting on the pitcher’s mound.Everyone had something to say about Barr’s performance at the time — including then-President George H.W.
Bush.“My reaction is, it’s disgraceful. A lot of people in San Diego said the same thing,” Bush said while on board Air Force One, according to the Washington Post.In 2016, Barr explained what went wrong during her performance.“I started too high.
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