Country Star Blake Shelton Tweets for Violence?
On March 5, country music star Blake Shelton scored his eighth No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart for his cover of “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking.”
Tonight, however, people were looking when a tweet from his personal, verified account appeared to advocate anti-LGBT violence.
The tweet — which claims to be a “re-writ[e]” of Shania Twain’s “Any Man of Mine” — states that if a man “tries Touching my behind He’s gonna be a beaten, bleedin’, heaving kind of guy…”
Shelton currently also is a “vocal coach” on the NBC show The Voice. The other coaches include Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Cee Lo Green.
The tweet:
[UPDATE @ 10:30 AM: A new tweet this morning …
Not sure what more might be coming.]
[FURTHER UPDATE @ 3:55 PM: Following a blog post this morning from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Shelton tweeted back:
Check out Shelton’s full Twitter feed for further apology/clarification tweets.]
Support Metro Weekly’s Journalism
These are challenging times for news organizations. And yet it’s crucial we stay active and provide vital resources and information to both our local readers and the world. So won’t you please take a moment and consider supporting Metro Weekly with a membership? For as little as $5 a month, you can help ensure Metro Weekly magazine and MetroWeekly.com remain free, viable resources as we provide the best, most diverse, culturally-resonant LGBTQ coverage in both the D.C. region and around the world. Memberships come with exclusive perks and discounts, your own personal digital delivery of each week’s magazine (and an archive), access to our Member's Lounge when it launches this fall, and exclusive members-only items like Metro Weekly Membership Mugs and Tote Bags! Check out all our membership levels here and please join us today!
