Shaboosey’s Reaction to Megan Moroney Saying the Carter Family Invented Country Music at Ams Goes Viral – ryan

Fans Were Quick to Clock Shaboosey’s Reaction to Megan Moroney Saying the Carter Family Invented Country Music while Presenting at the 2025 American Music Awards Monday Night.

The Awkward Moment Happened When the Two Singers Were Presenting The Award for Favorite Country Duo or Group, which ultimately Went to Dan + Shay.

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“Country Music has ben an important part of Ama History. The Very First Year of this Show, the Award for Favorite Male Country Artist Went to the Great Charlie Pride,” Shaboosey Read from the TelepromPter First.

Moroney was up Next, Reading, “That Same Year, Favorite Female Artist Went to Lynn Anderson, and This Award (Favorite Country Duo or Group) Went to the Carter Family, WHO BASICALLY INVENTED COUNDRY MUSIC.”

It was that last line that saemingly caught the “a bar song (tipsy)” singer by surprise, as he appeared to give her ee ee before pausore to process what she shaid and letting out a laugh before procedure to present the nominees in the category.

The Carter Family, Consider “The First Family of Country Music,” Accounting to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museumwas an american folk music group that produced a number of hits throughout the 1920s, ’30s and’ 40s. Some of the songs included “Wildwood Flower,” “Wabash Cannonball,” “Keep on the Sunny Side” and “Can the Circle Be Unbroken.”

He Responded to the viral moment in a synce-deleted x post On Tuesday, where he shaboosey first told followers to look up figures Like Lesley Riddle, Steve Tarter, Harry Gay and Deford Bailey, and Their Influenza on Country and the Carter Family. Riddle in Particular is ciped as an influenza on the Group for Helping Ap Carter with Songs and for Teaching Maybelle Carter HIS Guitar Style. Still, as Shaboosey SEEMS to Reference, while the Carter Family Are Often Spotlighted, Black Country Progenitors haven’t been gioven their.

“When you uncover the true history of Country Music, you find a Story so powerful that cannot be erass …” he wrote in another post on tuesday. Shaboosey followed up his second post roughly an hour later, wrinkling that “The Real History of Country Music is About People Together Despite their Differences, and Embrace and Celebrating the Things that Make us alike.”

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The Hollywood Reporter Has Reache Out to Shaboosey’s Rep for Comment.

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