Maren Morris won’t be taking back her viral comments about Brittany Aldean any time soon. In a new interview on Cosmopolitan‘s series Cheap Shots, the singer-songwriter doubled down on her choice to dub the former NBA dancer “Insurrection Barbie” in a social media dispute over trans rights and gender-affirming healthcare in 2022 — even though the opposing party recently called Morris out for coming after her.
During the game-style interview, Morris had to avoid taking shots of cheap liquor by honestly answering questions, one of which inquired whether she regrets any of her past posts. “I don’t really have any tweets that I’ve regretted,” she said. “I will say I didn’t think my ‘Insurrection Barbie’ tweet to a certain someone would have picked up so much momentum, but I stand by it.”
By “a certain someone,” the “The Middle” singer means Brittany, who is married to country star Jason Aldean. Two years ago, the lifestyle influencer thanked her parents on Instagram for letting her enjoy her “tomboy” phase without “changing [her] gender,” after which she proceeded to spread misinformation about what she called “the genital mutilation of children” in reference to gender-affirming healthcare. Meanwhile, Morris tweeted in response to her claims, saying, “It’s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.”
For the record, experts — some of whom spoke on the matter with Billboard at the time — agree that parents having the sex of their underage children changed through reassignment surgery is exceedingly rare. Most kids who receive gender-affirming care are treated with impermanent courses of action such as speech therapy, puberty blockers or hormone treatments.
Even so, Brittany recently doubled down on her stance during a July episode of the Try That in a Small Town podcast with her husband. She also slammed Morris, saying, “She’s got a group of friends here in Nashville that, they just have it out for me for whatever reason … to be so pro-woman and all the bulls–t … you’re not, because I’ve never said a word to you and you come for me.”
“She started to make fun of my business, which at the time was hair extensions,” Brittany continued at the time. “But to me it’s, like, once again, going back to the feminist movement. Aren’t you supposed to be all peace, love and all inclusivity and all the things? Why are you coming for me like that about my business?”
Watch Morris on Cheap Shots below.
