Grammy Award winning singer and former “American Idol” Carrie Underwood came out of gay marriage in a recent interview with the British newspaper, The Independent.
Underwood said she believes everyone should have the right to love. She also noted that her church was gay-friendly and it wasn’t her job to judge people.
The country music superstar, however, evidently got a bit of backlash online from her conservative fans and critics. Here’s how she responded to those who weren’t so keen on her gay marriage stance:
“I was asked a difficult question in the last five minutes of an interview and I answered it the best way I knew how, and after that I do what I do and I love making music and I generally try to stay out of any kind of controversy,” she told The Associated Press.“The role-model word is really scary to me, because no matter what happens in your life, something you do, wear, say, sing, whatever — somebody somewhere is probably not going to like it too well,” she said. “I just really try hard to do what I do and try to be nice to people and make great music and if people think they can look up to that, that’s wonderful. If not, that’s OK too.”
Underwood is in the U.K. promoting her latest album, “Blown Away,” which is her first British release.
