Shania Twain Clarifies Comments About Supporting President Trump

“I 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,” Twain clarified.

Written by Kelly Brickey
Shania Twain Clarifies Comments About Supporting President Trump
Shania Twain; Photo by Giampaolo Sgura

Shania Twain found herself in some hot water over the weekend when her comments in a popular newspaper caused controversy amongst the political platform.

When speaking to The Guardian for a piece in the paper, Twain answered a question about the current administration. Claiming that she would have marked her ballot in his favor, the comments stirred up quite the drama within her fan base and beyond.

“I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest,” Twain said in an article for The Guardian. “You want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want bulls**t. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?”

Recognizing the problems caused by her quotes in the publication, Twain took to her social media channels to send out her regrets and explain herself in the moment of saying those words.

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“I 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. I am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it’s 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,” she stated in her social media post.

Twain also looked upon the incident as all hypothetical and not an actual decision being made, hence why she didn’t want to offend anybody in the process of answering the questions in the original interview.

“I 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,” Twain clarified. “My 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.”

Twain will kick off her Now Tour on May 3 in Tacoma, Washington. Tickets and dates are listed on the singer’s official website at this time.