Jason Aldean concertgoers boo when he mentions Maren Morris amid feud - Yahoo Entertainment

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Jason Aldean, left, and Maren Morris. (Photos: Getty Images)

Jason Aldean spurred connected his feud with Maren Morris implicit the weekend.

Onstage successful Nashville connected Friday, the "Dirt Road Anthem" vocalist teased a enigma performer who would beryllium joining him. But portion ticking disconnected the names of immoderate of state music's biggest stars, helium mentioned Morris, and it drew booing from the crowd.

"Asked immoderate friends to travel retired contiguous to marque the amusement other special," Jason told the crowd, arsenic seen successful societal media videos. "I thought, man, who could I call? I got immoderate friends successful town. I could telephone Luke Bryan. I could telephone Kane Brown. See if Kenny Chesney’s present and not astatine the beach."

The assemblage cheered for each sanction until Aldean said, "Maren Morris," which received a antagonistic response. As the attendees booed loudly, Jason shrugged and acted confused, arsenic if helium had nary thought wherefore the assemblage would respond that way.

Jason, who is connected his Rock N' Roll Cowboy Tour, went connected to telephone retired Morgan Wallen. Miranda Lambert was besides a guest.

Jason's Morris notation stems from the back-and-forth she had with his wife, Brittany Aldean. In August, Brittany — fractional of the blimpish state euphony mates — posted a video of herself doing her constitution with the caption, "I'd truly similar to convey my parents for not changing my sex erstwhile I went done my tomboy phase. I emotion this girly life." Maren was among the salient women successful the state euphony to reply, calling her a "scumbag human" for her transphobic comments. She besides dubbed her "Insurrection Barbie" for peddling conspiracy theories aft the Jan 6, 2021 riots astatine the Capitol.

Brittany doubled down connected her comments — and was supported by Jason, who called her, "MY Barbie!!" Morris's husband, Ryan Hurd, besides entered the chat, defending his wife, saying, "picking connected trans kids isn't thing that is brave astatine all." Meanwhile, Morris was identified arsenic "lunatic state euphony person" connected Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, a operation she enactment connected T-shirts and sold, donating the profits, implicit $150,000, to GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program and Trans Lifeline.

In September, Maren Morris said she had nary regrets astir going up against Brittany and Jason connected societal media, telling the Los Angeles Times, "I hatred feeling similar I request to beryllium the hallway show of treating radical similar quality beings successful state music. 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 successful a gag and nary 1 volition ever telephone them retired for it. It conscionable becomes mean for radical to behave similar that."

However, Morris besides said she's present undecided astir whether she'll be the Country Music Awards connected Nov. 9 successful this climate. Her album, Humble Quest, is nominated for Album of the Year. Jason's opus with Carrie Underwood, “If I Didn’t Love You,” is nominated for Musical Event of the Year.

"I don't cognize if I consciousness [at] location determination close now," Morris said. "As of close now, I don't consciousness comfy going."

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