Carrie Underwood under fire for liking a far-right anti-mask tweet

Country superstar and American Idol alum Carrie Underwood has typically stayed out of the political realm, and doesn’t regularly voice her opinions on hot topics. Technically, she still hasn’t, but when an eagle-eyed fan noticed she liked a rather polarizing tweet from a far-right anti-masker, politics came looking for Carrie.

The tweet in question involves far-right pundit Matt Walsh who posted a video to his Twitter where he spoke about the “dangers” of mask-mandates for children. Carrie didn’t respond or retweet the video-tweet, but she did like it, and as we all know, “likes” are public. A fan spotted it and put two-and-two together: is Carrie Underwood an anti-masker?

Before we go any further, let’s just quickly do the science. *Does the science* Yup, it turns out masks are completely safe for children above the age of 2, and no, it’s not child abuse to insist your kid wear one, as Walsh claimed in his unhinged video.

Fans of Underwood were very quick to jump on the developing story, and weep for their fallen (American) idol. The “Covid Underwood” memes have begun.

Walsh himself even decided to weigh in on the “like” controversy with a series of self-aggrandizing tweets that portray him as the last bastion of reason, logic, and freedom.

“Like anyone else, I am upset and disturbed that Carrie Underwood liked one of my tweets. She should know better than to indirectly endorse the opinions of an extremist and scoundrel such as myself. Her lack of judgment is appalling. I demand that she renounce me and apologize,” he tweeted.

He also sent out a few more tweets, predicting she will apologize in 12 hours tops, and also that liking one of his tweets is an unforgiveable sin. There’s a lot to unpack here so let’s just leave it packed.

Underwood, for her part, has yet to respond to the controversy, but she has un-liked the tweet and it doesn’t show up in her “likes” anymore. That’s something, right?

Although perhaps we can look to a 2019 interview with The Guardian where she very prophetically spoke about how quickly people try to assign political value to what she says or does. “I feel like more people try to pin me places politically,” she told the outlet. “I try to stay far out of politics if possible, at least in public, because nobody wins. It’s crazy. Everybody tries to sum everything up and put a bow on it, like it’s black and white. And it’s not like that.”

Indeed, Carrie.

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