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Ingrid Andress Opens Up About What Led to Her ‘Horrific’ National Anthem & How She’s Moving On

Ingrid Andress called her national anthem fumble her "worst moment" in her first interview since the controversy and her rehab stay. See what she said.

In her first interview since going to rehab after her botched take of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the 2024 Home Run Derby served as a wakeup call to her issues with alcohol, the country singer-songwriter opened up to Rolling Stone about everything that led up to her “worst moment” — and how she’s grown from it since. This time around, the “More Hearts Than Mine” singer said she was too “blacked out” to hear the anthem’s starting pitch in her in-ear monitors, which contributed to the pitchiness and questionable melodic choices viewers witnessed that day. “I didn’t run that statement by anybody,” she said in the interview, adding that she received messages of support from fellow women country artists such as Elle King, Kelsea Ballerini and Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild in the aftermath.

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