Maren Morris shares her son Hayes obtained demise threats after she spoke out in opposition to Morgan Wallen for utilizing a racial slur in 2021.
Whereas showing on Thursday’s episode of Sophia Bush’s podcast Work in Progress, Morris stated that the state of affairs “as a younger mom was clearly scary.”
The Grammy-winning artist continued, “It wasn’t demise threats in opposition to me; it was in opposition to my son, too. So it’s like, ‘Oh wow, now we’re involving the youngsters.” She recalled that it was “extremely harmful and scary” to obtain threats concentrating on her then-infant baby.
Morris famous that when she appears again at her resolution to name out Wallen, she doesn’t remorse it and won’t apologize for preventing in opposition to racism within the music trade. “I really feel the very same means as I did that day,” she stated. “Would I perhaps use the channels of Twitter once more? In all probability not. There’s in all probability extra dignified methods to get my level throughout however hey, it’s what it’s.”
She continued, “Don’t be racist. Don’t be transphobic. Don’t be homophobic. I nonetheless stand by that so in case you’re anticipating me to really feel unhealthy, no I [don’t]. In actual fact, the one factor that made me really feel unhealthy is realizing even on this group of music right here in Nashville—and I nonetheless dwell right here—it’s like, ‘Oh wow, who will go to bat for you had been individuals of colour and who will go to bat for them?’”
In Feb. 2021, TMZ shared a video of Wallen returning house drunk with associates after an evening out, the place he used the n-word. Shortly after the clip went viral, Morris commented on the state of affairs on Twitter, mentioning that if it had been a feminine nation artist behaving as such, they’d “be dropped, endorsements misplaced [and become] social pariahs to music row.”
She added, “It really IS consultant of our city [of Nashville] as a result of this isn’t his first ‘scuffle’ and he simply demolished an enormous streaming document final month regardless. Everyone knows it wasn’t his first time utilizing that phrase. We preserve them wealthy and guarded in any respect prices with no recourse.”
Every week after the video surfaced, Wallen launched a video apologizing for his actions, asking those that defended him to “please don’t.”
