Kid Rock has refused to apologize for his drunken outburst in which he specifically
targeted Oprah Winfrey and Joy Behar at his Nashville honky-tonk in 2019.
“A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s ideas; | own what | said,” the rapper, actual
name Robert James Richie, stated during a recent Tucker Carson Originals episode
on Fox Nation.
The program, titled “Life of a Rockstar,” featured Carlson visiting Kid Rock on tour,
including a visit to his ranch. When they did an interview together, the singer said
the same things about Winfrey and Behar that he had said three years before.
“I make no apologies to anyone.” I’m not a fan of Oprah Winfrey. “I got drunk, and
the next thing you know, I’m on stage, yelling f— Oprah,” the performer explained.
TMZ posted a video of Kid Rock onstage in 2019 saying, “F— Oprah Winfrey and f—
Joy Behar.” He also made an unintended assault on Kathie Lee Gifford, explaining
that he meant to address comic Kathy Griffin.
“I was trying to go after Kathy Griffin for putting Trump’s head up, you know, but
I’m so out of it that I’m like, F— Kathie Lee Gifford,” he said. “A couple of weeks
later, when it comes back on TMZ or anything, I’m like, ‘Oh man, | like Kathie Lee
Gifford.” Throughout the years, we’ve been friendly. “I’m feeling a little awful right
now.”
This is not the first time Kid Rock has sparked controversy. In March 2020, EW
reported that Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk & Rock n’ Roll Steakhouse in Nashville
would close voluntarily after refusing to comply with Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s
request to close bars and limit the number of people dining at restaurants in order
to help stop the spread of COVID-19. A few months later, rumors arose that Kid
Rock and pro golfer John Daly were attempting to go maskless at the last
presidential debate between Donald Trump and now-President Joe Biden, despite
both having been pro-mask mandate only a few months before.
