“I hope that either all of us, or none of us, are judged by the actions of our weakest moments, but rather the strength we show when and if we're ever given a second chance.” @TedLasso
Let's just get a few things straight, because this is long overdue.
1. I have been a country music artist for years now. I have had a successful career in both music and commentary/strategy. People don't get to negate that for clicks or headlines. I was invited to sing this anthem on my own accord, as I have been many other places throughout my career
2. I am not accepting payment for this great honor.
3. The Freedom250 entire celebration is on a fundraising arm; neither UFC nor any National Mall celebrations are "taxpayer funded" (you would think, as a journalist, this would be something she would know or at least look into)
I'm no longer accepting false narratives and total sham accusations that diminish my hard work and earned accomplishments, so please expect this kind of response to continue.
I’ve joined normie America in completely checking out of the news cycle and only focusing on soccer and bbqs and gardening and summer and honestly — this is the way.
First World Cup for an island nation of under 600,000 people and they stay unbeaten against Spain & Uruguay, 2 World Cup champions. If they beat Saudi, they advance to the knockouts 🏆🇨🇻
The real miracle story of this World Cup might be Cabo Verde.
I kind of thing its good for Catholics that the Pope has one brother that shows up to the UFC fight and one brother who probably thinks this is the dumbest thing he's ever seen, and that Leo gets along with both of them.
At the Olympics, you only see athletes sing their national anthem If they win a gold medal.
At the World Cup, every nation gets to sing their anthem with their fans and their team. Pure love of country from around the world.
It's really something special.
Kinda crazy that the most patriotic thing that has happened this year for the 250th is having people from all over the world discover how great America is.