OlderCarrie Underwood: No Respect for Celebs who Endorse Candidates
Country music superstar Carrie Underwood has lost all respect for Oprah, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney and other celebrities who have backed candidates for office.
While talking about the presidential race with TV Guide, Carrie revealed, “There is someone I do support, but I don’t support publicly. I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate.”
“It’s saying that the American public isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions,” she explains. “I would never want anybody to vote for anything or anybody just because I told them to. Music is where you go to get away from all the BS. Whether it’s from politics or just the world around you, music should be an escape.”
For a behind-the-scenes video at Carrie’s Elle photo shoot, visit Elle.com. And click here for the cover story.
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I for one am tired of preachers telling me how to vote. And I mean, literally telling ME how to vote, not telling me who they support.
I agree- who cares what celebrities think of politics? They are actors- an overpaid position within the entertainment industry. What makes an actor more qualified than anyone else on politics? I would suggest they do something good - like donate their money to charities (not just “raise awareness”- they have plenty to spare).
This stupid woman is a closet republican. Coward, does not have the courage to come out and say she is supporting McCain/Palin. Stop trying to shut others woman. Come out and fight for your own candidate. This is a historic time in our country and you want to keep music free of politics. What is it that you are smoking?
Boy is the ignorance on here unbelievable. Most who were that negative probably do exactly what a celebrity tells you to do. Would you vote who Paris Hilton tells you to vote for simply because that girl said who you should vote for? Probably some on here would. All Carrie is saying is that we shouldn’t listen to celebrities to decide who to vote for, which we shouldn’t. And she simply said she would never tell people who to vote for because they have a mind of their own and should know who to vote for without a celebrity telling them who to vote for. Well, I guess some people have a mind of their own. All of those have backed one candidate or the other. Besides, I think the site is adding those names in as candidates who have backed one or the other and I believe she was just referring to any celebs that push people to vote for one person or the other.
Carrie Underwood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I heart her for saying this!!!
Wow- the comments here are truly frightening. Since when did it become a sin to tell the truth?
Carrie is being honest, and telling it like it is.
If I hear one more stupid celeb try to tell me how to vote, I will throw up!
Half of the celebs act like they know it all– and they never even graduated from high school. what a farce!
Carrie is brave and honest– and I also believe she is a Democrat so stop trashing your own party, a-holes.
This is just another attempt to get some attention. Carrie’s claims to be speaking to Tony Romo (although he’s dating Jessica Simpson) didn’t go anywhere, and she’s too afraid to say who she’s voting for (probably for fear of alienating those conservative country music fans), so she tries to get some attention by criticizing other celebs who are willing to discuss their vote.
To Carrie’s judgment about other celebs, I say, STFU. Don’t talk about politics period. If your album was any good, you wouldn’t even have to stoop to criticizing your colleagues for attention. How pathetic.
I appreciate the sentiment, Carrie, but we peons are smart enough to select candidates based on who WE like, not based on what some rich celeb says.
^ get real jessica. Carrie’s album ROCKS and is about to hit triple platinum. It also got great reviews and is up for Album of the year.
so get the facts straight before you bash/
Fact is– you likely just trashed a fellow Obama voter, since Carrie is a democrat.
Laughable!
go McCain!
Actually, she is right.
I don’t give 2 shiits what Oprah, Jennifer Maniston, George the ***** Clooney or miserable Ben Affleck think about anyting.
I made up my own mind about who I voted for!
CARRIE RULES! I RESPECT HER SO MUCH MORE FOR SAYING THIS! YES!
The more idiot celebs who try to tell me how to think and vote, the less I want to vote for that candidate.
And truly, both candidates suck this year anyway.
go nader!
Hate to admit it but Carrie is right.
Half of these stupid celebraties are not even educated and THEY are telling us who to vote for - cramming this nonsense down our throats.
Our entire society is too hung up on what these overrated celebraties have to say!
Everyone who listens to them NEEDS TO GET A LIFE!
The celebs act like they are better then us, and many many many clods out there are heavily influenced by what they say.
BE HONEST! when the biased media and celebs tells you to vote for Obama, it starts to look like the “cool” popular thing to do… .so many weak minded people (and there are many, just on this site alone) will in fact go to vote for Obama just because it is cool and popular to do so.
I applaud the people who vote with their hearts and minds based on informed choices, not because Oprah told you to go vote for Obama.
I am a democrat- but the media and hollywood turned me off of Obama long ago.
He never even served in the military– how will he fight a war? get real.
Carrie is being honest and some of you just don’t want to hear the truth.
many young voters do with the crowd— and hollywood says it is cool to vote obama, so they will follow like dumb sheep.
Carrie is 100% right.
TOTALLY AGREE WITH HER. AS MUCH AS I LIKE THE CELEBRITIES, ONCE THEY START ENDORSING A CANDIDATE(S)–I LOST RESPECT FOR THEM AND WON’T WATCH THEIR MOVIES OR SHOWS…
TOTALLY AGREE WITH HER. AS MUCH AS I LIKE THE CELEBRITIES, ONCE THEY START ENDORSING A CANDIDATE(S)–I LOST RESPECT FOR THEM AND WON’T WATCH THEIR MOVIES OR SHOWS…
I totally agree with Carrie…
I don’t care for Carrie Underwood but she IS correct on this one.
Maybe these celebraties should be donating more money to charity or going out and doing something positive for this country instead of telling us all who to vote for!
Most of us are much smarter than these ignorant morons!
Note to Democrats here: You are bashing a fellow Democrat and Obama voter.
Carrie is a democrat- and worked for one as in intern in college.
You people are pathetic! You assume everyone from the south is a republican and trash your own kind without even knowing it!
with that said— GO CARRIE!!!
And go mccain!
*CLAP, CLAP* I AGREE WITH HER.
I have talked to so many Democrats over the last few months.
They are mean spirit and so opinionated. It is their way or the highway.
They are a CLASSLESS group of people who are just waiting to get into an argument over politics with anyone who will listen to them.
GET A LIFE!
I think that Obama will win and you will all still be MISERABLE!
“She is so much smarter then all of you dumb bloggers. She graduated magna *** laude from college and was 2nd in her high school class. What were your grades in school? Did you even graduate high school? please”.
The folks at NSU just GAVE her degree to her. She still lacked hours to graduate so the school just gave the degree to her because she won American Idol.
She needs to get over herself if she thinks just because she shares who she’s voting for people will follow. Celebs are people just like anyone else. I’m just as excited to share who I’m voting for! It’s 2008, it’s not so hush-hush anymore.
WOOHOO, good for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, Underwood, STFD and STFU. I’d say that I lost respect for you for saying something that stupid, but then again, I would have had to respect you before. Which, of course, I didn’t. She’s proven yet again what a pretentious little twat she is.
I totally agree with her. I hate that most celebrities are advertising who their going to vote for, thats so dumb of them.
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