On Thursday’s episode of her and Hank Winchester’s The Morning After podcast, Stafford — who’s the partner of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford — obtained right here to Underwood’s safety after she obtained criticism for accepting the prospect to hold out “America the Beautiful” at Trump’s second inauguration, which occurred on Monday.

Sooner than she began, the American Idol alum expert some technical difficulties and in the long run sang the music acapella.

Whereas discussing the inauguration on The Morning After, Stafford’s cohost known as out the backlash Underwood obtained, saying that folk should “put [their] politics aside” and “honor and respect the office” — sooner than together with that he believes a person should accept an invitation to the White Residence irrespective of who’s president.

Stafford agreed with Winchester’s suggestions, saying, “I like that I didn’t know her stance on politics. I actually really feel like that’s kind of excellent.”

“I’m with you,” she continued. “We’ve to solely respect the flexibility at hand. After they’re in there, you’ll have the ability to’t change it. You merely gotta pray that they make the most effective alternatives for this nation.”

“You gotta help any means you’ll have the ability to, even within the occasion you don’t love them. You merely gotta do it until the next time interval, after which we’ll bitch as soon as extra,” Stafford added, “People are in place. It’s what it’s.”

The mom of 4 went on to admit that she wouldn’t “care adequate” about politics to get into it with completely different people she couldn’t agree with.

“I’ve a sister who’s — I like her higher than life,” Stafford talked about. “I’d do one thing for her, she is taken into account one in all my favorite people. She’s my favorite lady I do know. She’s very passionate regarding the President that’s the President correct now. She’ll ship me points and I don’t really click on on on them on account of that modifications my algorithm.”

Per week sooner than Trump’s inauguration, it was launched Underwood would perform “America the Beautiful” whereas being joined by the Armed Forces Choir and america Naval Academy Glee Membership.

“I like our nation and am honored to have been requested to sing on the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event,” the singer talked about in an announcement. “I’m humbled to answer the choice at a time after we should always all come collectively inside the spirit of unity and looking for to the long term.”

That unity was nowhere to be seen all through social media after it was launched that Underwood may be collaborating inside the ceremonial kickoff of Trump’s second time interval. (The earlier president famously didn’t attend President Joe Biden’s 2020 inauguration after refusing to only settle for the outcomes of that election.)

Many followers jumped into the suggestions a part of thought of one in all Underwood’s latest Instagram posts, which was totally unrelated to the inauguration, to specific their discontent, along with dozens saying they’d be unfollowing the celeb, suggesting that this switch by her would possibly impression her occupation. (Check out social media reacted, proper right here.)

Whereas Stafford talked about on her podcast that she “love[s]” that she was unaware of Underwood’s political affiliation, the nation singer has notably waded into politics and introduced the additional conservative facet to date, collectively along with her apparent anti-mask and anti-vaccination stances in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.