{"id":1454,"date":"2023-07-26T13:53:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2023-07-26T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T13:53:40","slug":"miranda-lambert-finally-breaks-silence-over-controversial-concert-video-refuses-to-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=1454","title":{"rendered":"Miranda Lambert finally breaks silence over controversial concert video \u2013 Refuses to apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/miranda-lambert\/\">Miranda Lambert<\/a>\u00a0has finally broken her silence over a recent video taken by an audience member at her recent concert\u2026 And she doesn\u2019t appear to have any regrets over it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It all started on Saturday, July 15 when the 39-year-old was on stage performing at her Velvet Rodeo Las Vegas residency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-d788b4ade88bf3b37f95024eac3ee545\" class=\"newsner-d788b4ade88bf3b37f95024eac3ee545 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\"><\/div>\n<p>Just as she began singing her hit song\u00a0<em>Tin Man<\/em>, Lambert halted the music and addressed the crowd after noticing a couple of girls taking selfies on their phones.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas native expressed her frustration with the girls, who she felt were more focused on taking selfies than listening to the song. She pointed to the area in the crowd and stated: \u201cI\u2019m gonna stop right here for a second\u2026 These girls are worried about their selfie and not listening to the song. It\u2019s p***ing me off a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-0fe4d0d07c9ac0cd3a81aad898ede17b\" class=\"newsner-0fe4d0d07c9ac0cd3a81aad898ede17b newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-694380771\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>The country singer received cheers from many attendees as she continued: \u201cI don\u2019t like it, at all. We\u2019re here to hear some country music tonight; I\u2019m singing some country damn music.\u201d Lambert then asked the group to sit down and suggested starting the song again.<\/p>\n<p>While she resumed singing, the response from the audience was a little mixed. Some people hollered, cheered, and whistled in support of the artist, while others left the arena in protest.<\/p>\n<p>A fan-recorded video of the incident circulated on TikTok, generating thousands of comments from the online community. Opinions were divided, with some expressing their love for Miranda but questioning her reaction. Others were more sympathetic, believing fans should give their undivided attention to the artists they paid to see.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote id=\"v86746688654877070\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thewomenofcountry\/video\/7256885070420512043\" data-video-id=\"7256885070420512043\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7256885070420512043?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fcelebrity%2Fmiranda-lambert-finally-breaks-silence-over-controversial-concert-video-refuses-to-apologize%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0tTEHgbG_5ifX39__iLB4VS5a5LnDNibNqvTQa0JAjxK3754adiqFhw3Q&amp;embedFrom=oembed\" name=\"__tt_embed__v86746688654877070\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Though, Lambert clearly doesn\u2019t have any regrets over the way she handled the incident, as she commented on the situation recently.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-02ab2d236fa00b0b93e59f4052bca69d\" class=\"newsner-02ab2d236fa00b0b93e59f4052bca69d newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-1422689936\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>During another concert at her Vegas residency, the country musician spotted someone in the audience who was wearing a T-shirt that read: \u201cShoot Tequila, Not Selfies.\u201d Lambert seemed amused by the reference, telling the fan: \u201cThat\u2019s bada**.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She pointed at the fan as she read the text on the shirt to the audience, who clapped loudly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-132539 lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-scaled.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/18085429\/GettyImages-1174854700-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lambert on tour in 2019. Credit: Kevin Mazur \/ Getty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe did it, I didn\u2019t,\u201d Lambert laughed, seemingly acknowledging the controversy surrounding the original selfie incident.<\/p>\n<p>The singer leaned down to compliment the person wearing the shirt, took half a shot of tequila, and handed the rest of it to her guitarist Ethan Ballinger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-df34b5d640096f3c30cc392a8429c68a\" class=\"newsner-df34b5d640096f3c30cc392a8429c68a newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-1715923600\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Her recent comments appear to be the first time she has publicly acknowledged the selfie incident that ruffled so many feathers and divided so many fans.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miranda Lambert\u00a0has finally broken her silence over a recent video taken by an audience member&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":39,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}