Concertgoers booed after Jason Aldean mentioned Maren Morris’s name at his show in Nashville on Friday.
Amid Morris’ feud with the country music star’s wife, Brittany Aldean, Jason called out the “Circles Around This Town” singer while performing at Bridgestone Arena.
“I thought, ‘Dude, who can I call? I have some friends in town,” Jason told the crowd, after revealing that he had a special guest coming to perform with him (via Twitter).
“I can call Luke Bryan. I can call Kane Brown,” he added. “See if Kenny Chesney is here and not at the beach.”With each name, the audience cheered, but they had different reactions when Jason jokingly threw out the name Morris. Fans began booing at the idea of the “Chasing After You” singer joining him on stage.
Jason pretended to be confused by the negative reaction before calling Morgan Wallen up on stage to perform “Whiskey Glasses” and “You Make it Easy.”
Morris’ feud with Jason and Brittany erupted when the “Bones” singer criticized the beauty blogger for being transgender.
“I really want to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I was going through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life,” Brittany wrote in an Instagram post along with a makeup tutorial video.
Jason then commented on the post, “Lmao!! I’m glad they didn’t too, cause you and I wouldn’t have worked out 😂.”
Morris clearly didn’t find humor in the couple’s interaction, and felt their words could be harmful to the LGBTQIA+ community. She responded by dragging Brittany, saying, “[It’s] so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human,” and that Brittany should “sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.”
Brittany has since defended her words, responding to Morris, “Karen Morris. Thanks for calling me Barbie.” The influencer pushed that her words were taken out of context.