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 Could 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 Could 9, informed 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 won’t enable the scenario to finish the favored fan expertise. “I’m going to proceed them as a result of one individual shouldn’t smash it for everybody,” she assured her followers.

Morris additionally provided followers steering 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 area. Love you.”

Past her tour and up to date meet-and-greet controversy, Morris has additionally been candid about her private life following her cut up from fellow musician Ryan Hurd. Showing on the “Armchair Expert” podcast with Dax Shepard on September 25 final yr, 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 nicely, and we’re making an attempt our greatest on this method, however it’s nonetheless fairly contemporary,” Morris admitted. The couple finalized their divorce in January 2024 after 5 years of marriage.

For the reason that cut 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 jot down 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 steadiness between her profession and residential life. “I don’t wanna be touring 280 days a yr. Like, I need to be residence. I wanna be a superb mother and now have a social life as a result of then I actually don’t have something to jot down 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 choice to return out publicly as bisexual.

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

She went on to clarify that whereas she has all the time been interested in each women and men, her straight relationships, and the pressures of the Nashville music business, saved her from talking about it sooner. “I’ve all the time identified that I’m interested in 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 residing in Nashville, I by no means felt courageous sufficient to speak about it.”

Whereas Morris is targeted on touring and new music immediately, she hasn’t shied away from controversy previously. 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 section,” she went on to unfold misinformation about gender-affirming care. Morris shortly 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, Revolt Barbie.”