Overview
- After Carrie Underwood appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Jan. 23 with fellow American Idol judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, Nancy Lee Grahn wrote on Threads that she would not watch and said she would refuse to even look at Underwood.
- In a follow-up post, Grahn said she loves Jimmy Kimmel, denied slamming him, and explained that she chose to skip only the episode featuring Underwood.
- Kathy Griffin and other Threads users backed Grahn’s stance, with some labeling Underwood as MAGA and others urging boycotts of her appearances.
- Underwood has generally avoided public political alignment but performed America the Beautiful inside the Capitol Rotunda during President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, saying at the time that she was honored and hoped for unity.
- Entertainment outlets reported that representatives for Underwood and Jimmy Kimmel Live! did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and they noted Grahn’s December post asserting that Underwood was MAGA.