Adam Levine responds to "I hate this country" outrage
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Adam Levine is firing back at complaints over his "I hate this country" remark on Tuesday's edition of The Voice. The judge muttered the comment during a tense elimination round in which three of his contestants -- Amber Carrington, Sarah Simmons and Judith Hill -- were left standing along with Holly Tucker from Blake Shelton's team.
Carrington and Tucker snagged the last two spots among the top eight on the NBC singing competition, while Simmons and Hill -- both of whom were judge favorites -- got the boot. (When her name was announced, Tucker -- an aspiring country star from Texas -- seemed genuinely surprised. Shelton applauded while Levine fumed.)
"Adam Levine just said 'I hate this country' on TV... Not a smart move, dude. Not smart at all. #america," wrote a critic on Twitter. Another sniped: "If Adam Levine really said, 'I hate this country' can we send Seal Team 6 after him?"
Still, others tweeted in defense of Levine, with one viewer writing: "The two best singers on @NBCTheVoice got voted off, I agree with Adam, 'I hate this country.' It's not the voice, it's the country show."
Levine's response? A litany of tweets citing dictionary definitions for "joke," " humorless," "misunderstand" and "lighthearted."
I can't at conservatives on Twitter jumping all over this with headlines like "Obama Supporter Mutters 'I Hate This Country' on Live TV" and "Liberal Adam Levine proclaims he 'hates this country' ". What kind of thirst
I find it more funny that he acts like a whiny baby and a jerk on the show when his contestants are in the bottom, but nobody would ever dare say he's a diva or a bitch. (ie: him muttering that out was a clear sign of this)
however, if Xtina or Shakira did something similar they'd be all over them because of course they're women and if they show some opinion they're going to be seen as bitchy.
The fact that there was a backlash over this, to the point that Levine even had to respond to it, shows just how backwards and oversensitive my fellow Americans can be. This is a bunch of whining and bitching over NOTHING.
I don't think he was being unpatriotic or whatever but I don't think it was a joke either. He really was upset that two of his acts got eliminated and shifted the blame onto the voters
You sometimes say something like that in the heat of the moment, but I agree that it wasn't the best idea to say that. I don't get why some people are so offended, though.