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Singer Maren Morris leaving country music, blames the ‘Trump years’ Singer Maren Morris announced she is leaving Country music due to the effects the “Trump years” have had on the music genre. “After the Trump years, people’s biases were on full display,” the “Bones” singer said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times published Friday. “It just revealed who people really were and that they were proud to be misogynistic and racist and homophobic and transphobic.” The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter added that she resents music being used as a “toxic weapon in culture wars.”

Country singer Maren Morris joined a host of Tennessee drag queens Monday night in Nashville to protest recent state legislation aimed at barring children from drag shows. Morris used the occasion to dare local authorities to arrest her, saying she took her toddler to meet some drag queens earlier that day.

Maren Morris got emotional Friday after fulfilling her “decade-long dream” of appearing as a guest on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and apologized for the way the country music world treated the LGBTQ community, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve done some cool s–t. #DragRace is rivaling it all. Getting my jacket framed next to my Grammy. It is DONE,” tweeted the star. In the post-episode “Untucked” clip, Morris, 32, got teary as she spoke to the contestants of the reality show. “Coming from country music and its relationship with LGBTQ+ members, I just want to say I’m sorry,” said Morris. “And...

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