Jason Aldean’s Wife Brittany Aldean Has Been Accused of Being Transphobic: Everything We Know

Brittany Issues a Statement

Brittany took to her Instagram Story to share her thoughts on the matter. While tagging Cassadee, she wrote, “Advocating for the genital mutilation of children under the disguise of love and calling it ‘gender affirming care’ is one of the worst evils.”

“Some parents want to be accepted by society so badly, that they’re willing to make life-altering decisions for their children who aren’t old enough to fully comprehend the consequences of those actions,” she continued. “Love is protecting your child until they are mature enough as an adult to make their own life decisions.”

The statement continued, “Thankful my parents allowed me to go through my tomboy phase without changing my gender.”

“Until then, leave children alone,” Brittany concluded.

In another Instagram Story post, Brittany shared a screenshot of Maren’s comment and sarcastically wrote, “Karen Morris. Thanks for calling me Barbie.”

Jason Chimes In

Shortly after Maren called Brittany “Barbie,” Jason, 45, appeared to chime in when he called his wife “MY Barbie” in the comments section of an Instagram post shared on August 28.

Support for Maren

After several of Brittany’s friends and supporters went after Maren online, her husband, Ryan Hurd, came to her defense.

“Scoring quick points by picking on trans kids isn’t something that is brave at all. And I’m proud of Maren for sticking up for them. Badge of honor to have [Candace] engage in completely normal discourse, too,” he wrote via Twitter on August 27. “Shut up and sing only applies to those who you disagree with. Getting a lot of people telling me our career is over, as if the last time she spoke up about something it disappeared. Honestly, we’re pretty ok over here. Tours are good, got a 2 year old we love, we’re f—ing fine, and I promise she isn’t going to shut up now.”

The “Chasing After You” singer added, “And on another note, I always support and love Maren, I know I’m sparse in the internet but I am proud of her and always will be. For everything she stands for, I do too. Ready to get some rest together and enjoy our little kid. Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.”

More Statements

The North Carolina native continued to defend her beliefs when she shared a quote via her Instagram Story on August 28.

“If you are silent about your beliefs because you are worried someone will be offended, then your beliefs are not that important to you, but rather what people think about you is,” Brittany’s post read. “When you stand up for what’s right and true, you will receive both hate and love, but everyone will know what you are fighting for.”

‘Advocating for Children’

Brittany made an appearance during the September 1 episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight, where she said that she’s on a mission to “advocate for children.”

“I think that children should not be allowed to make these life-changing decisions at such a young age. They are not mature enough; they should have parents who love them and advocate for them regardless,” she told the host. “We have ages on everything. We have it for cigarettes, driving, military, voting … yet for some reason people think that we can let a child choose their gender so young? It’s very baffling to me.”

The businesswoman insisted that children are “too young to make those decisions” that are “life-changing.”

“There are so many consequences of doing that as such a young age,” Brittany continued. “Society should be able to sit back, speak our minds about it and fight for these children.”

Jason’s PR Team Steps Down

Jason’s publicity firm of almost two decades announced that they have resigned from representing the “Dirt Road Anthem” singer amid the controversy.

“Music has always been and remains The GreenRoom’s core focus, so we had to make the difficult decision after 17 years to step away from representing Jason,” Tyne Parrish, co-owner of GreenRoom said on September 1 to Billboard. “We aren’t the best people for the gig anymore, but will always be big fans of his music — he is one of the greatest live entertainers in country music.”

However, GreenRoom did not specify the reasons behind dropping Jason as a client.

Maren Speaks Out

Maren reflected on her feud with Brittany while speaking to the Los Angeles Times in an interview published on September 20.

“I’m not a victim in this and neither is she,” she said. “But I don’t have feelings of kindness when it comes to humans being made fun of for questioning their identity, especially kids. The whole ‘When they go low, we go high’ thing doesn’t work with these people. Any resistance movement is not done with kind words. And there’s a lot worse things I could’ve called her.”

She then touched on why she felt the need to speak out against Brittany’s comments. “I hate feeling like I need to be the hall monitor of treating people like human beings in country music. It’s exhausting,” she said. “But there’s a very insidious culture of people feeling very comfortable being transphobic and homophobic and racist, and that they can wrap it in a joke and no one will ever call them out for it. It just becomes normal for people to behave like that.”

The Texas native continued, “I think just the culture of misinformation that goes along with trans youth is where I was coming from. It’s not, ‘Oh, this is bad, and this is good, and we can agree to disagree.’ No, we can’t, and you are being fed information that is false. And even though you’re not the one with the bullet in the gun, your words matter. Your disinformation matters. That hospital in Boston just had a bomb threat because people who listen to that rhetoric literally think they’re mutilating kids and don’t bother reading any sort of actual study on it.”

“This whole thing got so ugly so fast because the worst they can say to me is, ‘Oh, you must be a groomer then.’ That’s literally their favorite word,” she said of the comments she’s received from critics amid the feud. “I have a son, and I think we’re all — especially all parents — we’re just trying to do our best and take care of our kids and make sure they’re happy. You don’t know if one day they’re gonna come home in tears because they don’t feel right in their body. And it’s just so s–tty — for the parents that are going through that right now to make a joke out of it. Suicide rates are so high because of hateful bulls–t — like that. I don’t care if it’s a joke. But they don’t want to talk about that part because it’s too real.”

Fans Take Sides

The drama continued when Jason mentioned Maren during his concert at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on October 14.

“I thought, man, who could I call? I got some friends in town,” he told the audience as he revealed that a special guest was joining him on stage. “I could call Luke Bryan. I could call Kane Brown. See if Kenny Chesney’s here and not at the beach.”

After he mentioned Maren’s name, the audience booed loudly as Jason made a confused face to imply he didn’t understand the crowd’s negative reaction.

Maren Morris Skips 2022 CMA Awards

Maren’s Humble Quest was nominated for Album of the Year, but she opted to skip the red carpet during the CMA Awards on November 9 following the feud. The songstress quietly entered the event halfway through.

The “I Can’t Love You Anymore” singer previously told the Los Angeles Times in September 2022 that she “did not feel comfortable” attending the award show at the time. “Honestly, I haven’t decided if I’m gonna go. I’m very honored that my record is nominated,” she told the publication. “But I don’t know if I feel [at] home there right now. So many people I love will be in that room, and maybe I’ll make a game-time decision and go.”