Country singer Maren Morris has raised over $100,000 for transgender organizations mere days after being insulted by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, who referrered to her as a “lunatic country music person.”
Carlson attacked Morris after bringing up remarks she made about country singer Jason Aldean’s wife, Brittany Kerr Aldean, who made a transphobic remark about gender-affirming care for transgender children.
Shortly after being insulted by Carlson, Morris chose to flip the script, announcing via her official Twitter account that she would raise money by selling T-shirts with Carlson’s quote on the front, alongside the Peer Support and Crisis Hotline for transgender youth and the GLAAD Transgender Media Program.
\u201cAll proceeds will be split between @TransLifeline & the @glaad Transgender Media Program \ud83c\udf08\n\nhttps://t.co/Xtru7LgHIP\u201d— MAREN MORRIS (@MAREN MORRIS) 1662157196
In a follow-up tweet just in time for the Labor Day weekend, Morris confirmed that she had raised over $100,000 for the transgender advocacy organizations.
\u201cOver $100K raised. \n\nHave a great Labor Day weekend, lunatics. \ud83c\udf08\n\nhttps://t.co/Xtru7LgHIP\u201d— MAREN MORRIS (@MAREN MORRIS) 1662217400
She has also demonstrated that she has quite the sense of humor about her clash with Carlson, suggesting that she would make a screenshot from Carlson's broadcast in which the chyron identifies her as a "lunatic country music person" her new profile pic.
\u201c#NewProfilePic\u201d— MAREN MORRIS (@MAREN MORRIS) 1662137073
Many have praised Morris for her advocacy and thanked her for being an ally.
\u201cThis right here is a real American who is secure in herself. Be a Maren not a Brittany\u201d— Jimmy Saffe (@Jimmy Saffe) 1662479263
\u201cOrdered this shirt today after spending the weekend with a group of trans/gender non conforming kids and their parents. Thankful for allies that stand up for basic human decency like @MarenMorris\u201d— Shannon M Cooley (@Shannon M Cooley) 1662478780
\u201cLet's support the trans community and squash Tucker Carlson. Go buy a tee shirt yall!\u201d— Paws and Coffee\u270a\ufe0f\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Paws and Coffee\u270a\ufe0f\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1662477399
\u201cThis is the winner of things that happened over Labor Day weekend\u201d— Shane \ud83d\udc1d\ud83c\udfb6 (@Shane \ud83d\udc1d\ud83c\udfb6) 1662478735
\u201cone of the only country artists i like \u2764\ufe0f\u201d— jj \ud83d\udf6e geekyland racer (@jj \ud83d\udf6e geekyland racer) 1662423447
\u201cI am a *lunatic* too! Awesome Maren! \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\u201d— Rosie wants to Alaska Florida \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99 (@Rosie wants to Alaska Florida \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc99) 1662434006
\u201cHey y\u2019all, Maren Morris was called a \u201clunatic country person\u201d by Tucker Carlson because she supports Trans youth, so she made this lovely shirt where the proceeds go to GLADD and Trans Lifeline. I\u2019m a proud lunatic country person \ud83d\udc81\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83e\udd20\u201d— Devan aka Sparky (@Devan aka Sparky) 1662470947
\u201cThis is how you do it, thank you @MarenMorris!\u201d— Michelle Sawyer Mog\u00e9 is running for Derry NH (@Michelle Sawyer Mog\u00e9 is running for Derry NH) 1662476837
Late last month, Brittany Kerr Aldean sparked outrage after she said she would "really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase." Her remarks proved so contentious that her husband's longtime PR firm dropped him.
The firm, The Green Room, declined to specify why it had dropped Aldean. A representative for the firm did not respond to a request for comment.
However, Tyne Parrish, the co-owner of The Green Room, told Billboard in a statement that the firm "had to make the difficult decision after 17 years to step away from representing Jason," saying that music has always been the firm's "core focus."
