News broke this past weekend that beloved country music star Shania Twain would have voted for Trump if she were an American citizen. The Canadian icon told The Guardian:
"I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want bullshit. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?"
Mind you, this is just days after she starred as a guest judge on the 10th season of the gayest show ever, RuPaul's Drag Race.
Twitter caught wind and immediately, #ShaniaTwainCancelled started trending. Here are some of the best tweets completely annihilating Shania.
\u201cRIP shania twain i can't believe she died so suddenly\u201d— \ud83c\udf3a (@\ud83c\udf3a) 1524426510
None— nawaf. (@nawaf.) 1524437024
\u201c@yashar @ShaniaTwain Welp, bye @ShaniaTwain, never listening to any of your songs again. #ShaniaTwainCancelled\u201d— Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18) 1524424295
\u201cDrag queens everywhere right now with their Shana Twain drag #ShaniaTwainCancelled #drag #DragQueens #shaniatwain\u201d— Canuck Twit \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@Canuck Twit \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6) 1524448034
Within 24 hours, Shania backpedaled on her statement, offering a clumsy apology on Twitter.
\u201cI would like to apologise to anybody I have offended in a recent interview with the Guardian relating to the American President. The question caught me off guard. As a Canadian, I regret answering this unexpected question without giving my response more context (1/4)\u201d— Shania Twain \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e (@Shania Twain \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e) 1524440192
\u201cI am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it\u2019s clear from the choices I have made, and the people I stand with, that I do not hold any common moral beliefs with the current President (2/4)\u201d— Shania Twain \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e (@Shania Twain \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e) 1524440192
\u201cI was trying to explain, in response to a question about the election, that my limited understanding was that the President talked to a portion of America like an accessible person they could relate to, as he was NOT a politician (3/4)\u201d— Shania Twain \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e (@Shania Twain \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e) 1524440192
\u201cMy answer was awkward, but certainly should not be taken as representative of my values nor does it mean I endorse him. I make music to bring people together. My path will always be one of inclusivity, as my history shows. (4/4)\u201d— Shania Twain \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e (@Shania Twain \ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e\ud83d\udc8e) 1524440192
