Maren Morris Allegedly Groped During Meet-And-Greet

Maren Morris is opening up a couple of disturbing expertise on her present “Dreamsicle Tour.” The 35-year-old nation music star, who kicked off the North American leg of her tour on Might 30 in West Hollywood, California, revealed that she was allegedly groped by a fan throughout a meet-and-greet earlier than her latest present. Morris, who has been performing in help of her newest studio album “Dreamsicle,” launched on Might 9, advised followers that whereas the surprising incident left her uncomfortable, she has no plans to cancel future meet-and-greets.

“Hello y’all. Tonight’s present was so enjoyable, however somebody grabbed my a– throughout [the] meet-and-greet earlier than the present,” Morris wrote on her Instagram Tales Friday, August 22.

The Grammy winner didn’t determine the person however made it clear she is not going to permit the state of affairs to finish the favored fan expertise. “I’m going to proceed them as a result of one particular person shouldn’t destroy it for everybody,” she assured her followers.

Morris additionally provided followers steerage for future meet-and-greets, stressing the significance of respecting boundaries. “Please know I’m there to attach, share, hug [and] all of the issues,” she defined. “However, please don’t override somebody’s private house. Love you.”

Past her tour and up to date meet-and-greet controversy, Morris has additionally been candid about her private life following her break up from fellow musician Ryan Hurd. Showing on the “Armchair Expert” podcast with Dax Shepard on September 25 final 12 months, the Grammy winner opened up about how she and Hurd are navigating co-parenting their now 5-year-old son, Hayes Andrew.

“I imply, we’re getting it collectively, however the co-parenting factor has been going effectively, and we’re attempting our greatest on this approach, but it surely’s nonetheless fairly contemporary,” Morris admitted. The couple finalized their divorce in January 2024 after 5 years of marriage.

For the reason that break up, Morris mentioned she’s felt “deeply inventive,” noting that leaving the nation style has given her each new inspiration and a way of freedom. “There’s lots to put in writing about, however, like, a freedom too,” she defined.

Though she’s been busy performing her “Dreamsicle Tour,” Morris emphasised she’s striving for a more healthy stability between her profession and residential life. “I don’t wanna be touring 280 days a 12 months. Like, I need to be dwelling. I wanna be a very good mother and now have a social life as a result of then I actually don’t have something to put in writing about,” she shared.

Morris has additionally been opening up about her private journey and new music. In a latest interview with TZR Journal, the Grammy winner mentioned her determination to return out publicly as bisexual.

“I wished to have the ability to join with my followers and my queer group,” Morris shared of popping out in 2024. “Particularly in a time the place you’re on this free-for-all post-divorce reckoning, group has been so vital for me and life-saving. Being trustworthy and being weak is the one approach that you simply discover group.”

She went on to elucidate that whereas she has all the time been drawn to each women and men, her straight relationships, and the pressures of the Nashville music trade, stored her from talking about it sooner. “I’ve all the time recognized that I’m drawn to women and men,” she admitted. “I believe as a result of I’ve been in straight relationships the final 15 years of my life, which has been consumed by my music profession and dwelling in Nashville, I by no means felt courageous sufficient to speak about it.”

Whereas Morris is concentrated on touring and new music in the present day, she hasn’t shied away from controversy prior to now. The singer-songwriter made headlines in 2022 after clashing with Brittany Aldean, spouse of nation star Jason Aldean, over feedback associated to trans rights and gender-affirming healthcare.

When Brittany posted on Instagram about being “grateful” her mother and father didn’t “change [her] gender” throughout her “tomboy part,” she went on to unfold misinformation about gender-affirming care. Morris rapidly fired again on X (previously Twitter), writing: “It’s really easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Promote your clip-ins and zip it, Rebel Barbie.”