{"id":2221650,"date":"2024-04-15T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/completely-harmless-maren-morris-defends-taking-her-toddler-to-drag-show\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T17:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:54:44","slug":"completely-harmless-maren-morris-defends-taking-her-toddler-to-drag-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/completely-harmless-maren-morris-defends-taking-her-toddler-to-drag-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Innocuous Act: Maren Morris Stands by Bringing Toddler to Drag Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcompletely-harmless-maren-morris-defends-taking-her-toddler-to-drag-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2221650&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Country singer\u200c Maren Morris defended taking \u200bher toddler\u2062 to a \u2063drag show, deeming it \u2064harmless and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beyonce-and-jay-zs-9-year-old-daughter-wins-grammy\/\" title=\"Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z\u2019s 9-Year-Old Daughter Wins Grammy\">family-friendly<\/a>. She expressed support for the \u2062art form&#8217;s normalization and \u2064recounted \u200da positive experience at \u2063the show. Morris also highlighted her\u2062 advocacy efforts, particularly after becoming a mother. Her stance emphasizes standing up for marginalized communities over pleasing all fans. Country singer Maren Morris supported taking her toddler to a drag\u2064 show, considering it safe for\u200c families. She backed the normalization of this art form, sharing a positive \u2063encounter at the event. Morris, advocating more after motherhood, prioritizes standing up\u200b for underserved groups rather\u200d than pleasing all fans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Liberal country star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/so-tennessee-fing-arrest-me-maren-morris-tells-crowd-she-introduced-her-2-year-old-son-to-drag-queens-in-their-dressing-rooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maren Morris<\/a> defended taking her toddler to a drag show last year calling it \u201ccompletely harmless\u201d and labeling it \u201cfamily-friendly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the 34-year-old singer\u2019s recent appearance on \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CH8mMRT-vVk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kelly Clarkson Show<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d Morris talked about the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tennessee-gov-signs-bills-protecting-children-from-sex-change-procedures-drag-shows\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tennessee law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that bans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-crazy-examples-of-universities-spending-thousands-on-sex-weeks-and-drag-shows\/\" title=\"5 Crazy Examples Of Universities Spending Thousands On \u2018Sex Weeks\u2019 And \u2018Drag Shows\u2019\">drag shows<\/a> from spaces where children can see them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe were doing a benefit at Bridgestone last year when they were doing the drag ban in Tennessee,\u201d Morris told the host. \u201cThere were drag queens like throughout, entertaining as well, and one actually danced with me when I was singing my song, \u2018The Middle.\u2019 And it was just amazing and fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy son loves watching me, like sit in the makeup chair and just is like fascinated with the colors \u2026 it was just like completely harmless,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBut I think it\u2019s just such an amazing expression of artistry, and so I just think like normalizing it and making it seem like these are just people that love dressing up too, is an amazing thing,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-star-naomi-judds-daughter-says-hundreds-of-cards-and-letters-continue-to-pour-in-following-her-moms-death\/\" title=\"Country Star Naomi Judd\u2019s Daughter Says \u2018Hundreds Of Cards And Letters Continue To Pour In\u2019 Following Her Mom\u2019s Death\">country singer continued<\/a>. \u201cIt was an all-ages show so, it was completely family-friendly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Morris told the host she decided to be an activist when she became a mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI never set out to be this activist or advocate,\u201d Morris said, noting the early criticism in 2016 of her debut single, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/genres\/country\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Church<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d which she said was labeled \u201cblasphemous.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt crystallized when I became a mother \u2026 I want to be able to do music forever, but I want to do it on my terms,\u201d Morris said. \u201cAnd if it costs me fans by standing up for people that truly need all of the megaphoning, I am okay with you, like, not being at the show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/so-tennessee-fing-arrest-me-maren-morris-tells-crowd-she-introduced-her-2-year-old-son-to-drag-queens-in-their-dressing-rooms\">Morris<\/a> made headlines when she <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dared authorities in Tennessee to arrest her after telling the crowd at the \u201cLove Rising\u201d concert she had introduced her son to Drag Queens at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Morris joined a host of other performers at the LGBTQ+ benefits concert held at the Nashville arena. Various stars sang and raised money to fight legislation banning transgender procedures for minors and drag shows in the presence of children, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/love-rising-concert-maren-morris-hayley-williams-top-moments-1235290536\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Billboard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  magazine noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it was Morris\u2019 turn to perform, she told the audience that earlier in the day she had introduced her toddler son to several drag queens in their dressing rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Morris said her son was \u201cdelighted\u201d to watch the drag queens work on their hair and makeup while preparing for the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYes, I introduced my son to some drag queens today, so Tennessee, f***ing arrest me,\u201d Morris told the audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Morris shares her four-year-old son, Hayes, with ex-husband Ryan Hurd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/so-tennessee-fing-arrest-me-maren-morris-tells-crowd-she-introduced-her-2-year-old-son-to-drag-queens-in-their-dressing-rooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018So Tennessee, F***ing Arrest Me\u2019: Maren Morris Tells Crowd She Introduced Her 2-Year-Old Son To Drag Queens In Their Dressing Rooms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country singer Maren Morris, known for her liberal views, defended taking her toddler to a drag show last year, deeming it &#8220;completely harmless&#8221; and &#8220;family-friendly.&#8221; In a recent interview on &#8220;The Kelly Clarkson Show,&#8221; the 34-year-old artist discussed Tennessee&#8217;s prohibition of drag shows in venues visible to children, reflecting on her own experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2221651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/01\/Maren-Morris-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/01\/Maren-Morris-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}