A virtual acceptance! Miranda Lambert won Entertainer of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards on Monday, March 7, but the singer couldn’t actually accept the honor in person.Lambert, 38, who also won for Video of the Year alongside Elle King, explained in a video message that she missed her first Academy of Country Music Awards ever due to a prior commitment overseas.
Lambert’s appearance at the C2C Festival in Europe this week prevented her from being at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.“I’ve been waiting for this for a really, really long time.
I actually never thought it would happen,” the performer gushed during her acceptance speech. “This one goes out to all the girls out there.
We did it!”The “If I Was a Cowboy” songstress, who was also nominated for Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, said she previously appeared at every ACM Awards show for 17 years.
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