Watch: Maren Morris Tells 'Drag Race' Queens 'I'm Sorry' about Country Music's Homophobia

Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.

Country music artist Maren Morris offered an apology to "RuPaul's Drag Race" contestants for the music genre's homophobia after a guest judge appearance on the show.

Deadline detailed that Morris, 32, appeared with the queens on the reality program's aftershow, "Untucked," and offered them the heartfelt apology.

"Coming from country music and its relationship with LGBTQ+ members, I just want to say I'm sorry," the "I Could Use a Love Song" singer told the contestants, who were all in full regalia.

"I love you guys for making me feel like a brave voice in country music," Maren added. "So I just thank you guys so much for inspiring me."

The queens responded in kind to the "My Church" singer's words, Deadline noted.

"Just her being here shows she's down to roll with the LGBT," Spice opined.

"Just you being here shows you're an ally," Mistress Isabelle Brooks told Morris.

That allyship isn't new: As reported last summer, Morris called out a transphobic tweet by beauty blogger Brittany Aldean, wife of country singer Jason Aldean. A Twitter feud erupted that pulled in both couples as well as stars from country and folk music.

The drama started with an Instagram post from Brittany that seemed to compare her own childhood "tomboy phase" with gender dysphoria, in which very young children can begin to exhibit pain and despair around being forced to wear gender-specific clothing and play with toys that they say don't jibe with the gender they were assigned at birth.

"I'd really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase," Brittany posted. "I love this girly life."

The post's apparent lack of comprehension or compassion regarding issues of gender identity – and the efforts of parents to respond to the suffering of transgender children in an appropriate and supportive manner, despite social and, increasingly, legal pressure – prompted a host of responses, including one from country star Cassadee Pope, who tweeted, "You'd think celebs with beauty brands would see the positives in including LGBTQ+ people in their messaging."

Morris made her thoughts known in a post that challenged Brittany with: "It's so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human?" and went on to invite the beauty maven to "Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie."

Right-wing commentator Candace Owens joined the fray, resorting instantly to the anti-trans right's false narrative that young children routinely undergo gender confirmation surgery. "It's easier to not castrate your children," Owens posted.

But Morris wasn't having it, saying, "why do y'all always go to 'castration' and 'pedophiles' to try and shut an argument down? It's honestly concerning and worth looking into."

Meanwhile, Morris' husband, country star Ryan Hurd, stood by his wife, tweeting: "Scoring quick points by picking on trans kids isn't something that is brave at all. And I'm proud of Maren for sticking up for them."

That wasn't the end of it. "Brittany then made an appearance on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show where they called Morris a 'lunatic,'" Deadline recalled.

Unfazed, Morris "started selling a t-shirt that read, 'Lunatic country music person,' and ended up raising over $100k for the transgender community," the report said.


by Kilian Melloy

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