{"id":66866,"date":"2022-09-05T18:02:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/country-singer-maren-morris-uses-tucker-carlson-insult-to-raise-100k-for-trans-youth\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:02:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T18:02:56","slug":"country-singer-maren-morris-uses-tucker-carlson-insult-to-raise-100k-for-trans-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/country-singer-maren-morris-uses-tucker-carlson-insult-to-raise-100k-for-trans-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Country singer Maren Morris uses Tucker Carlson insult to raise $100K for trans youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NASHville, Tenn.  (WKRN) \u2013 Just days after being insulted on television by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, country music star Maren Morris has managed to turn the insult into some big bucks for transgender organizations. <\/p>\n<p>The clash began after Morris commentsmade by country singer Jason Aldean&#8217;s wife, Brittany Kerr Aldean, regarding gender-affirming care for trans children. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Days after his wife&#8217;s comments, the country singer was dropped by his longtime PR firm, although the firm declined to specify why Aldean was dropped. <\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n<p>\t\tCountry singer Jason Aldean dropped by PR firm following backlash over wife&#8217;s comments: reports<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>While discussing the exchange on his television show \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight,\u201d the Fox News host labeled Morris as a \u201clunatic country music person.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Morris made light of the situation <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenMorris\/status\/1565742487154614274\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenMorris\/status\/1565742487154614274\" target=\"_blank\">on every social media<\/a>and shortly after announced that she would be selling T-shirts with Carlson&#8217;s quote on the front, alongside the Peer Support and Crisis Hotline for trans youth, to give back to the transgender community. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll proceeds will be split between TransLifeline and the GLAAD Transgender Media Program,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenMorris\/status\/1565826888395853824\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenMorris\/status\/1565826888395853824\" target=\"_blank\">said Morris in a tweet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Just 24 hours after announcing that the shirts were on sale, Morris posted that over $100,000 worth of the T-shirts had been purchased. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver $100K raised,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenMorris\/status\/1566079404173889536\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarenMorris\/status\/1566079404173889536\" target=\"_blank\">said Morris in a tweet<\/a>\u201cHave a great Labor Day weekend, lunatics.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASHville, Tenn. (WKRN) \u2013 Just days after being insulted on television by Fox News host Tucker Carlson, country music star Maren Morris has managed to turn the insult into some big bucks for transgender organizations. The clash began after Morris commentsmade by country singer Jason Aldean&#8217;s wife, Brittany Kerr Aldean, regarding gender-affirming care for trans &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/country-singer-maren-morris-uses-tucker-carlson-insult-to-raise-100k-for-trans-youth\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Country singer Maren Morris uses Tucker Carlson insult to raise $100K for trans youth<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[23000,2454],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65349,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tucker-carlson-insult-inspires-maren-morris-to-launch-lunatic-t-shirt-fundraiser-for-trans-rights-groups\/","url_meta":{"origin":66866,"position":0},"title":"Tucker Carlson Insult Inspires Maren Morris to Launch &#8216;Lunatic&#8217; T-Shirt Fundraiser for Trans Rights Groups","date":"September 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Tucker Carlson inadvertently helped singer-songwriter Maren Morris raise over $100,000 for trans rights groups after he called her a \u201clunatic country music person\u201d on Thursday night.On Friday afternoon, the Grammy-winning singer launched a T-shirt that reads \u201cMaren Morris: Lunatic Country Music Person,\u201d followed by the phone number for the Trans\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68728,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/singer-maren-morris-uses-tucker-carlson-insult-to-raise-100k-for-trans-groups\/","url_meta":{"origin":66866,"position":1},"title":"Singer Maren Morris Uses Tucker Carlson Insult To Raise $100K For Trans Groups","date":"September 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Tucker Carlson called singer Maren Morris a \u201clunatic country music person\u201d for her allyship with trans people \u2015 so she made merchandise with the phrase and raised over $100,000 for transgender groups.It all started last month, when Morris called out Brittany Aldean, the wife of country star Jason Aldean, for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68171,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/maren-morris-raises-money-for-trans-groups-after-tucker-carlson-hit\/","url_meta":{"origin":66866,"position":2},"title":"Maren Morris raises money for trans groups after Tucker Carlson hit","date":"September 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"NASHville, Tenn. \u2013 After Tucker Carlson branded her a \"lunatic,\" Maren Morris didn't just take the label in stride \u2013 she made T-shirts.The country star reports that she's raised more than $100,000 for transgender-supporting organizations through sales of her latest shirt, emblazoned with the words \"Maren Morris, lunatic country music\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65371,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/maren-morris-flips-narrative-on-tucker-carlsons-lunatic-remark-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":66866,"position":3},"title":"Maren Morris Flips Narrative On Tucker Carlson&#8217;s &#8216;Lunatic&#8217; Remark \u2013 Deadline","date":"September 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Maren Morris has turned an insult from Tucker Carlson into an opportunity to raise funds that help people in the transgender community. 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