Maren Morris has come to the protection of drag queens as soon as once more — sharing why she brings her toddler to family-friendly drag exhibits.
Morris appeared on an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Present on Friday, April 12, the place she mentioned her advocacy for the LGBTQ+ group and taking her son to a drag present for the primary time. “It was an all-ages present, so it was fully family-friendly,” she instructed host Kelly Clarkson. “We had been doing a profit at Bridgestone final yr after they had been doing the drag ban in Tennessee.”
The “My Church” singer later clapped again at a homophobic touch upon social media from a person maligning those that take their kids to occasions the place there are drag queens, even when these occasions are age-appropriate.
“Okay this ‘save the kids’ plea all the time appears to distract from what we’re really speaking about,” Morris wrote by way of Instagram Story on Friday.
“In the event you’re making the ‘publicity to kids’ argument, there are quite a lot of robes in Catholicism, make-up and powdered wigs in theatre traditionally worn by solely males, Mrs. Doubtfire that charmed our childhoods… the listing goes endlessly on,” she continued. “Drag is centuries-long efficiency artwork and a few drag is just for adults. The efficiency I referenced on this interview was a charity all-ages present to protest the illegal drag ban in Tennessee that was rightfully overturned.”
Final yr, Morris carried out on the Love Rising live performance in Bridgestone, an LGBTQ+ profit present to fight Tennessee’s wave of anti-trans laws. She introduced her younger son, Hayes, 3, to the occasion and launched him to a number of the drag performers. (Morris shares Hayes with ex husband Ryan Hurd.)
“Sure, I launched my son to some drag queens right this moment,” the songstress mentioned to the gang throughout her March 2023 efficiency. “So, Tennessee, f–king arrest me.”
Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd‘s love story had all of the makings of an important nation music earlier than they known as it quits. Morris and Hurd met throughout a writing session for Tim McGraw’s music “Final Flip Dwelling” in 2013. The duo had been pals for 2 years earlier than their relationship turned romantic. Hurd detailed their journey in […]
On the time, the state had handed a invoice limiting “grownup cabaret performances” in public or within the presence of youngsters. The invoice, which has since been overturned, additionally prohibited these performances from occurring inside 1,000 ft of faculties, public parks and locations of worship. Morris was one among a number of musicians, together with Hozier, who carried out on the Love Rising profit live performance.
“There have been drag queens all through, entertaining, as nicely,” Morris instructed Clarkson on Friday. “One really danced with me once I was singing my music ‘The Center.’ It was superb and enjoyable, and my son loves watching me sit within the make-up chair and is simply fascinated with the colours, so it was fully innocent. It’s simply an incredible expression of artistry. So, I feel normalizing it and making it look like these are simply folks that love dressing up too is an incredible factor.”
