Followers had been fast to clock Shaboozey‘s response to Megan Moroney saying the Carter Household invented nation music whereas presenting on the 2025 American Music Awards Monday evening.
The awkward second occurred when the 2 singers had been presenting the award for favourite nation duo or group, which finally went to Dan + Shay.
“Nation music has been an essential a part of AMA historical past. The very first yr of this present, the award for favourite male nation artist went to the good Charlie Delight,” Shaboozey learn from the teleprompter first.
Moroney was up subsequent, studying, “That very same yr, favourite feminine artist went to Lynn Anderson, and this award [favorite country duo or group] went to the Carter household, who mainly invented nation music.”
It was that final line that seemingly caught the “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” singer without warning, as he appeared to provide her a aspect eye earlier than pausing to course of what she mentioned and letting out fun earlier than continuing to current the nominees within the class.
The Carter Household, thought-about “the primary household of nation music,” based on the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, was an American folks music group that produced a lot of hits all through the Nineteen Twenties, ’30s and ’40s. Among the songs included “Wildwood Flower,” “Wabash Cannonball,” “Carry on the Sunny Aspect” and “Can the Circle Be Unbroken.”
The 2025 American Music Awards, hosted by Jennifer Lopez, had been held on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Monday evening. Billie Eilish, SZA, Beyoncé, Eminem, Publish Malone, Becky G and Gracie Abrams had been among the many evening’s massive winners. Take a look at the crimson carpet arrivals and the total winners record.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Shaboozey’s rep for remark.