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Maren Morris Doesn’t Regret Her ‘Insurrection Barbie’ Tweet About Brittany Aldean: ‘I Stand By It’

Maren Morris stands by her tweet calling Brittany Aldean "insurrection Barbie." Get the details.

In a new interview on Cosmopolitan ‘s series Cheap Shots, the singer-songwriter doubled down on her choice to dub the former NBA dancer “Insurrection Barbie” in a social media dispute over trans rights and gender-affirming healthcare in 2022 — even though the opposing party recently called Morris out for coming after her. Two years ago, the lifestyle influencer thanked her parents on Instagram for letting her enjoy her “tomboy” phase without “changing [her] gender,” after which she proceeded to spread misinformation about what she called “the genital mutilation of children” in reference to gender-affirming healthcare. For the record, experts — some of whom spoke on the matter with Billboard at the time — agree that parents having the sex of their underage children changed through reassignment surgery is exceedingly rare.

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