Maren Morris May Skip CMA Awards Amidst Brittany Aldean Feud: ‘I Don’t Feel At Home’

Maren Morris stands by her determination to publically clap backmost at Brittany Aldean for transphobic comments that the 33-year-old made connected Instagram. “I hatred feeling similar I request to beryllium the hallway show of treating radical similar quality beings successful state music,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s exhausting. But there’s a precise insidious civilization of radical feeling precise comfy being transphobic and homophobic and racist, and that they tin wrapper it up successful a gag and nary 1 volition ever telephone them retired for it. It conscionable becomes mean for radical to behave similar that.”

The play started erstwhile Brittany posted a video of herself doing her constitution and wrote a arguable caption. “I’d truly similar to convey my parents for not changing my sex erstwhile I went done my tomboy phase,” she wrote. “I emotion this girly life.” Brittany’s husband, Jason Aldean, seemed to enactment her “joke,” penning back, “Lmao!! I’m gladsome they didn’t excessively origin you and I wouldn’t person worked out.”

Maren Morris and Brittany Aldean’s play started successful August connected societal media. (AFF-USA/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)

Maren got progressive after Cassadee Pope slammed Brittany for the remark connected Twitter. Maren supported Cassadee by adding, “It’s truthful casual to, like, not beryllium a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.” Of the nickname, Maren told the LA Times, “It’s benignant of existent due to the fact that the full conspiracy mentation peddling of Jan.6 , they wholly partook successful that. Look, I’m not a unfortunate successful this and neither is she. But I don’t person feelings of kindness erstwhile it comes to humans being made amusive of for questioning their identity, espeically kids.”

It’s truthful casual to, like, not beryllium a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.

— MAREN MORRIS (@MarenMorris) August 26, 2022

Things escalated betwixt Maren and Brittany erstwhile Brittany did an interrogation with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson astir the situation. During the interview, Maren was referred to arsenic a “lunatic state euphony person.” She decided to deterioration that arsenic a badge of honor, selling t-shirts with the operation and giving the proceeds to GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program and the Trans Lifeline.

Unfortunately, Maren’s play with the Aldeans has enactment a damper connected thing that should beryllium breathtaking for her: A information astatine the CMA Awards for Album of the Year. Despite being recognized astatine the upcoming Nov. 9 show, Maren said she inactive isn’t definite she’ll adjacent attend. “I haven’t decided if I’m gonna go,” Maren admitted. “I’m precise honored that my grounds is nominated. But I don’t cognize if I consciousness astatine location determination close now. So galore radical I emotion volition beryllium successful that room, and possibly I’ll marque a game-time determination and go. But aso f close now, I don’t consciousness comfy going.” Maren admitted that she often feels uncomfortable astatine grant shows anyhow due to the fact that she’s “awkward,” and said she feels “peaceful astatine the conception of not going.”