Country Singers: Who's Naughty? Who's Nice?
Sure, LeAnn Rimes was seen in Los Angeles with someone who wasn't her husband. And Kenny Chesney bragged to Playboy about all the women he'd slept with. And Mindy McCready proved how poorly Ambien and vodka mix.
The past decade may have been sprinkled with a few missteps that might land some country stars on Santa's naughty list. But Santa seems like a nice guy, and he probably overlooks things like that. Especially when there are so many country singers on the nice list.
Like Lady Antebellum for showing us all the joys of random acts of kindness and paying it forward in their "I Run to You" video. And Faith Hill because she taught a fan (and ultimately America) some class when she berated a female fan for trying to grab her husband Tim McGraw's private parts. And Keith Urban for admitting he was human and he had a problem, and taking care of it with an extended stay at the Betty Ford Center.
Then there is Carrie Underwood. She has been a hero to so many charities, including PETA, the USO, the Humane Society, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the new group she started to help her hometown in Oklahoma (C.A.T.S. -- Checotah Animal, Town and School Foundation).
Taylor Swift also tops that nice list for keeping it classy when Kanye West yanked the microphone out of her hand at the MTV Video Music Awards. And so does Brad Paisley because of the way he embraced progress with his "Welcome to the Future" and showed country fans how far we've come.
There were little things, too. Alan Jackson gave out ball caps to everyone sitting on the lawn during a rainy concert in Chicago one summer. Dierks Bentley reached out to thank Sgt. Kimberly Munley, the hero in the massacre at the U.S. Army post at Fort Hood, Texas. And Miranda Lambert seems to rescue another stray dog every time she turns around.
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8charlotte says:
Well said Alison.I like to think we have tons of country singers on the nice list of Santa’s.
Me says:
Alan Jackson was once on the naughty list for cheating on his wife too! LeAnn Rimes has been on the nice list for all the charity she has been involved with too. Nobodys perfect.
Dustin says:
Yes, Carrie is deff #1 on the NICE LIST! Love her!!!
Bill Purcell says:
put crook and chase on! and less wife swap and the like, more music programming! like GAC
countryiscool says:
I LOVE Crook & Chase. I agree, MORE MUSIC, less crap programming.
hotelmotel says:
Wife Swap may be bad but its more interesting than Crook and Chase.
flower says:
faith and tim do soooooooooooo much they are the best!!!!!!!!!!!
fedupwithtrash says:
PLEASE! No more about the trashy Leann Slimes! Just last year she and her husband celebrated a 7 year anniversary party and then months later split up a marriage that hurts 2 little kids! Then she helped build a playground because she “cares about kids”! Give me a break. Wedding vows mean nothing to her–not hers or her boy toy’s either. I have called my radio stations and urged them to not play anymore of her songs. Don’t need to feel nauseous when I enjoy music. I urge others to do the same!!! NO MORE SLIMES!!!!
flower says:
taylor is so sweet and down to earth and so nice!!!! she is the nicest artist i have meet in years and just loves her fans sooooooooooooooooo much and she show’s it every chance she gets which i love so about taylor!! she is the nicest person i have met since tim and faith and they are right up there too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
flower says:
p.s. the worst or the rudest artists cu,toby and brad i don’t no if they just had a bad night or what but they were not nice at all. and i saw brad and toby twice. but cu i will not see again, she was not nice to a little boy she would not take a picture with him she walked away!!
prettyboy says:
How come Gary Allen doesnt get the reconition he deserves,he is a awesome singer songwriter,his new song (today)is one of the beautifullist songs i have ever heard,he awesome.
barb b says:
oh by the way faith and tim are finished
ts is next
barb b says:
carrie could never be rude to any
child you better get your facts
straight i remember reading that
if ts does not get her way she was
called vindictive so shut your mouth
flower!!!!
pat says:
Alan Jackson was a cheater but who could blame him…I often wonder about Mr. Geo. STRAIT!!!!!!!I remember him saying in an interview one time how hard marriage was….I am sure Mr. Goody Two Shoes had his extra caricular activities….