Nancy Lee Grahn is making it crystal clear she’s not right here for Carrie Underwood, and he or she’s not even pretending in any other case. The “Basic Hospital” star, who has a large on-line following, sparked a wave of chatter after she posted a blunt message about final Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Stay” episode, which featured “American Idol” judges Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie selling Season 24.

“See ya subsequent week @jimmykimmel,” Grahn posted on Threads. “I refuse to even have a look at @carrieunderwood.”

After her boycott began making headlines, Grahn returned to social media to make clear her stance, and insisted her subject wasn’t with Kimmel.

When the 69-year-old outspoken Democrat began getting press for her boycott, she clarified Saturday, “I LOVE Jimmy Kimmel & watch him each night time. I’d by no means ‘slam’ him. I merely mentioned I’d watch him subsequent week as a result of I did not wish to have a look at Carrie Underwood (for apparent causes) who was his visitor that night time.”

Actress and comic Kathy Griffin instantly jumped to the feedback part to agree with Grahn, writing, “Yeah, no love for MAGA Carrie. It’s not nearly political disagreements.”

Others echoed Griffin’s remark, with one person writing, “Yeah, f-ck Carrie Underwood. So pleased with you, Nancy! Thanks a lot.” One other wrote, “Boycott Underwood, wherever & every time. Sorry Jimmy.”

Another person responded, “Really feel the identical manner about her,” as one Threads person commented, “Similar!! I really like Jimmy.. however , I can’t even have a look at her face.”

Grahn’s “apparent causes” seem tied to Underwood’s choice to carry out at President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration. The eight-time Grammy winner sang “America the Stunning” a cappella through the swearing-in ceremony, a transfer that drew response from followers throughout the political spectrum.

On the time, Underwood defined she was “honored” to “be a small half” of the historic occasion, telling PEOPLE, “I’m humbled to reply the decision at a time once we should all come collectively within the spirit of unity and seeking to the longer term.”

Underwood has additionally beforehand defined her method to politics, or relatively, her want to remain out of it publicly. “I attempt to keep far out of politics if attainable, at the very least in public, as a result of no one wins,” the eight-time Grammy winner informed The Guardian in 2019. “It is loopy. All people tries to sum the whole lot up and put a bow on it, prefer it’s black and white. And it is not like that.”

Whereas Underwood has tried to maintain politics at arm’s size, Grahn has accomplished the alternative, utilizing purple carpets, award reveals, and her social media presence to make pointed statements concerning the state of the nation. Grahn famously toted a silver clutch emblazoned with “Democracy Dies In Silence” when she received ultimately yr’s Daytime Emmy Awards.

“Together with this job comes a literal soapbox. Our democracy is value combating for,” the three-time Daytime Emmy winner mentioned throughout her acceptance speech. “And whether or not you have got a platform or not, now could be the time guys. Now could be the time to indicate up, rise up, communicate up, rise up! Get up! Get up! Get up and vote for it each likelihood you get.”