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Country singer Gavin Adcock became the title of his next album, “Own Worst Enemy,” after going on an unhinged rant about the legitimacy of Beyoncé's Grammy-winning and record-breaking Cowboy Carter in the country music genre.
Adcock, whose upcoming album is set for release next month, was filmed during a live performance last weekend, complaining that Beyoncé and her album are not “country music.”
In the TikTok video, a drunk and slurring Adcock is wearing a red long-sleeve shirt, jeans, and a white cowboy hat.
He can be seen telling the audience:
“You can tell her we’re coming for her f–king ass… That s–t ain’t country music, and it ain’t ever been country music, and it ain’t gonna be country music.”
The audience, with their camera phones out, appeared to cheer on the so-called country singer as he kept playing some “southern f–king rock.”
The video can be seen below:
@itstyler_69 @GavinAdcockMusic show was crazy brother! #countryquotes
Adcock, known for his drunken rants and wild stage antics, was born in Athens, Georgia. He is recognized for albums titled “Bonfire Blackout,” “A Cigarette,” and “Actin’ Up Again.”
Unlike Beyoncé, who was left out of this year’s American Country Music awards, Adcock was nominated (but lost) for the 60th ACM Awards’ New Artist of the Year. Notably, rapper and singer Post Malone earned his first-ever CMA nominations with Morgan Wallen for the song “I Had Some Help.”
This is not the first (or the last) time Beyoncé and her music have faced criticism from the country music crowd. During the 2016 Country Music Awards, Beyoncé described feeling unwelcome during her criticized performance of “Daddy Lessons” with the group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks.
That experience motivated her to create her Act II album, Cowboy Carter:
“It [Cowboy Carter] was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive.”
Doubling down on the comments he made during his live performance, Adcock took to Instagram on Monday to “clear things up” by explaining why Beyoncé’s music shouldn’t be labeled “country.”
In the post, he said:
“But I really don’t believe her album should be labeled as country music. It doesn’t sound country, it doesn’t feel country, and I just don’t think that people that have dedicated their whole lives to this genre and this lifestyle should have to compete or watch that album just stay at the top just because she’s Beyoncé.”
You can watch the entire video below:
Adcock’s one-sided feud with Beyoncé comes as she begins the final leg of the historic Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour, which has grossed over $305 million and sold 1.2 million tickets across 24 shows. The tour and the album’s success have surpassed Beyoncé’s own records, making it the highest-grossing single-venue engagement by a female artist in history.
Unlike Adcock’s albums, Cowboy Carter has topped the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, with her single “Texas Hold ‘Em” reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The single also makes Beyoncé the first Black woman to top the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and the first Black artist to win Best Country Album at the 67th Grammy Awards ceremony.
No wonder Adcock sounds bitter…
Shortly after his rant went viral, fans took to social media to criticize Adcock’s entitlement to country music:
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Adcock has yet to respond to the criticism of his double-downed Instagram post. His 24-song album “Own Worst Enemy” is set to release on August 15th.
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour is set to headline in Washington, D.C., for July 4th at the Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
You know your campaign against a show's cancellation is achieving widespread attention when you get people like venerated singer Dionne Warwick advocating for you.
Nickelodeon's The Tiny Chef Show was recently cancelled, much to the dismay of its viewers and creators. It was also a genuinely surprising decision, since the show has won an Emmy.
After the cancellation announcement, show creators began a social media campaign on TikTok with a heartfelt video featuring Tiny Chef receiving a call from Nickelodeon representatives. He greets them happily as "Mickelflodeon," followed by emotional pauses as the speaker on the other end of the line breaks the bad news.
In case you've missed it, here's the original video.
@thetinychefshow SOS Cheffers, please go to the link our bio to learn how you can help us keep Chef on social media. Tiny chefs cooking show has officially been cancelled (very unexpected) and without the support of a major network we need crowd funding to keep cookin’ over here. Yesh this es weal! We want to thank @nickelodeon for giving Chef two blamazing seasons and all the besties he made there. Chef wouldn’t want anyone to blame his friends over there, he’s just deeply sad he doesn’t get to continue hosting a show he adores. Please let cheffy know how much he means to you in the comments he’s really feelin this one.
Tiny Chef tries to change their minds by pointing out that the show won an Emmy, and by listing people who would be affected by their decision, all to no avail. The video ends with him crying into his little felt hands in his little felt room.
Devastating.
And very effective—so effective, in fact, that people you would never expect to hear from are coming to Tiny Chef's rescue—people like Dionne Warwick. Warwick, Grammy Hall of Fame inductee and singer of "Walk on By" and "Don't Make Me Over," has remained active in the entertainment industry for most of her 84 years on this earth.
But she had time to see Tiny Chef videos—and to demand an explanation from Nickelodeon.
Folks commended Warwick for standing up to the powers that be on Tiny Chef's behalf.
Warwick's post managed to rally even more people to Tiny Chef's side.
Some people thought how she talked about Tiny Chef was hilarious.
So true, and so depressing.
The show was cancelled in June 2025 after three seasons amidst a merger between two parent companies put it on the chopping block.
Many of us have committed to being fairly financially frugal and not overspending on silly, unnecessary things.
That is to say, sometimes, it's fun to splurge on something one time to see what it's like to experience that small luxury.
But sometimes, we'll find a small luxury that's totally worth spending the money on, and there's no going back.
Curious, Redditor ykywme asked:
"What's a 'small luxury' in your life that you didn't know you needed until you had it, and now you can't live without it?"
"A patio with NICE furniture. And other things that make me enjoy being out there."
- -grilled-cheesus-
"Probably massive overkill, but I bought two quality wood Adirondack chairs for my front porch."
"In the summer months, I'd say it's probably the nicest thing/area about my house, lol."
- spencrU
"My parents bought a house with a small deck that was under the roofline in the corner of the house. My Dad had some friends from work build a basic deck structure, and he and I filled in the rest that ran along the back of the house. We thought that would be where we spent a lot of time. We were wrong."
"The original deck in the corner of the house we boxed in with two-by-fours and attached rolls of screening. We laid down outdoor carpet and put up a ceiling fan, then ran wires from our entertainment center and added boat speakers."
"This was a game changer and turned out to be the best place for entertaining. I wouldn't want to consider living in a house without a screened-in porch or a place for a gazebo. To mix being around nature with technology and no bugs is pretty nice."
- Mo_jack
"Unexpectedly, my latest car comes with cooling seats and wow.. It’s even better than AC because it cools exactly where you need it."
- 90marshmallows
"Other end of this, but my partner has a heated steering wheel and it’s the greatest thing ever. I get such cold hands and I love it."
- megan99katie
"Combined with heated seats and a heated windscreen (and all-season tyres) and I never look at my frosted-over car with dread. It’s a very pleasant place to be when it’s dark and well below freezing."
- anotherblog
"Cooling seats really do hit differently, especially in the summer. It is one of those features you never think about until you have it, then suddenly you wonder how you ever sat through heat without it."
- General1993
"Six-foot phone charging cord. Bought it by mistake and thought it was kind of needlessly long. But I didn't care enough to return it. I'll never buy a cord shorter than six-foot again. Sounds dumb, but it's a game changer."
- TufftedSquirrel
"I bought 10-foot charging cord when delivering my baby, and it's been a game changer at home as well. We are slowly changing most of our charger cords to 10ft ones when they start getting frayed, lost, etc."
- theSabbs
"A good shower head."
"You can get a detachable shower head with three settings for like 50 bucks, and it literally improves your life to a significant degree."
- Conscious_Raisin_436
"A double shower head! I got a matte black one, and it does feel so fancy. It was only about $40, too. There’s a mist setting that makes you feel all tropical and s**t."
- New_Schedule8886
"Not sure if it's exactly the place for this, but if you do any plumbing stuff on your house, buy the better quality silicone thread tape. It's like four dollars instead of one, but it will save you a LOT of time under the sink/behind the toilet."
- gaettisrevenge
"Noise-cancelling headphones. Such bliss."
- Southern_Fly2179
"I've switched to earbuds. Even better for me. Wearing over-ear headphones causes me pain after a while. Won't ever fly on a plane without them again."
- ScrewAttackThis
"Bidet attachment for my toilet. I'm never going back to the peasantry I lived in before I had the bidet."
- SeGodSatanico
"I will just say that if someone reads this comment and thinks, should I get one too? YES. DO IT. It’s completely life-changing. Stop living in the dark ages and get that booty hole clean, y’all!"
- JDM713
"I impulse-bought a Dyson V15 a few weeks ago. Have a Dyson V3 from like 13 years ago, and we have a robot vacuum that’s about six years old."
"The v15 literally sucks the sweat of the laborers who built my home from the foundation through the carpet. I love it."
"Knight Sir James Dyson twice."
- Misaiato
"As a blind person, a pod coffee maker, traditional coffee makers were just a huge pain in the a**, but this is so significantly easier, and I love coffee."
- TXblindman
"As a sighted person, I wholeheartedly agree. Nespresso is my link to life each morning. 30 seconds and we're off!"
- GreyPilgim1873
"Ours does a view as if it is 15 ft above the car, which shows where all the parking lot lines are. It's very nice. You can also engage it with the push of a button, so you don't have to be in reverse to get the cameras."
- Organic-Anteater8998
"A washing machine and a dryer!!"
- NoseyyRoseyy
"Oh yes, you don’t realize the luxury of having these until you do! No more late-night laundry-mat runs!"
- Putrid-Ant-556
"Air fryer. I’m disabled and often find cooking very difficult. My friend recommended an air fryer, and I held off for so long because I thought it was just a small oven, so what’s the point? There’s a point. Get the air fryer."
- happyhippie05
"I agree with every word and reason you just wrote. Next, buy a good rice cooker. You’ll have double the gratitude."
- FlippsAhoy
"Nice pajamas, I feel so good going to bed feeling like a princess. Best sleep ever!"
- marriedtomayonnaise
"This is what I normally do, but I got some onesies from MeUndies last year to wear in the winter so I don't have to heat my room as much. It was worth it for me!"
- Fixes_Computers
"A small garden."
- four__beasts
"I could never have imagined the joy my garden and houseplants would bring me."
"Highly, highly recommend."
- nineeighteen83
"It's my haven. A small space of my own making, I can sit in whenever I want. It's full of ferns, palms, and every conceivable herb. It's got a dry sunny corner and dark, shady, wetter spots too. We've apples, tomatoes, and chillies. There are mirrors, benches, and sun beds. Wood, brick, and gravel. In the cit,y it feels like a true oasis."
- squirrelbus
Each of these items sounded wonderful and totally worth the expense. While some of these might already be found in our home if we have the privilege, like having a washer and dryer, there are others that might be worth trying out!
Grief, loss, trauma are all part of life. But for most people, the emotions and reactions that go with them are difficult to witness.
So they rely on platitudes to fill any holes in conversation. That's rarely a good idea.
Sometimes just listening is best. And it'll always be better than these examples.
Reddit user freyday18 asked:
"People who have experienced grief or trauma—what’s the most tone-deaf, ‘well-meaning’ thing someone said to you?"
"It could be worse."
~ cebogs
"Yeah that one hits a nerve. Like cool, it could be worse, but it still sucks right now. Let people feel things for f*ck's sake."
~ Tianeona
"You are only allowed to say this to yourself, never to another person."
~ Barfignugen
"When I was going through divorce, after just 2 years of marriage, the most insensitive comment I heard was: 'At least you don't have children'."
"Welp, the irony was that the reason for our divorce was because of a miscarriage and subsequent inability to have children."
"I really wish I'd put so many people in their place for those bullsh*t comments."
~ IAmA_Wolf
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
"No, what doesn’t kill you seriously dysregulates your nerves, destroys your sense of safety and belonging in community, potentially devastates your emotional awareness, and makes you wary."
~ MirSydney
"To quote Bring Me the Horizon: 'What doesn’t kill you, makes you wish you were dead'."
~ thr0wwwwawayyy
"It’s been 2 weeks. Don’t you think that’s enough time?"
~ sprIxAlwareArnd6327
"100% my mum—'it’s been enough time you need to move on'. Heartbreak doesn’t have a timeline, unfortunately."
"This might be my own anxiety, but when someone tells me to 'move on,' I just hear 'we are bored of your being a Debbie downer can you fake being happy a bit harder'."
~ owlinpeagreenboat
"Some guy trying to hit on me while I was crying on the beach, and I told him I lost my friend that day."
"He said, 'That’s so sad.. are you single though?'."
~ brilliantbabe222
"I had a friend with benefits try to 'take my mind off things' by trying to initiate phone sex when my kid was going through a billion diagnostic tests."
~ ohdearitsrichardiii
"'Everything happens for a reason'. I hate that phrase."
~ StartThisWay
"I DESPISE that phrase. Or equivalent 'God has a plan'."
"My mother said it to me once after my boyfriend—who she thought was my best friend since I was closeted—took his life."
"I yelled at her, saying I don't think there was any reason he should die and I shouldn't. I was almost successful in my own attempt, but for a last-minute intervention by a stranger."
"Or all manner of horrid things that happen to people. I don't give a f*ck what the plan or reason was, it's cruel and sick."
"Or it's random. Frankly, which is much more comforting to me than to know some cruel god has a reason to slaughter innocents."
~ treylathe
"My dad was given weeks to live. A neighbor tried to console me—at the time, I was a 9-year-old kid—by telling me if I prayed hard enough, God would cure my dad's terminal cancer. I tried. He didn't."
~ Silly_Accident3137
"My baby sister died of leukemia when she was 18 months old. Our priest told my father and I quote: 'If you were a better Catholic, she would have lived'."
"My dad actually threatened bodily harm on the on the priest. From that day forward, I hated the Catholic church. Left the minute I turned 18."
~ Elegant-Opinion-9595
"After losing a child/pregnancy: 'You're young, you can have another baby'."
"WTF‽‽ Really? People just suck."
~ Elegant-Opinion-9595
"Lucky for her, the nurse that said this to me was pushing a sedative in my IV line at the time."
~ Wild_Pineapple3848
"'God will never give you more than you can handle'."
"He has actually. More than once. And I haven’t been the same since."
"Thanks, but keep that sh*t to yourself please."
~ _Trinith_
"I’m Christian and come from a very fundamentalist family. I HATE this phrase so much, along with 'His Will will not leave you where His Grace cannot keep you'—they seem to think 'you haven’t killed yourself = it’s the grace of God/it’s bearable'."
"Like that bar is bloody low for an omnipotent being."
~ owlinpeagreenboat
"My dad dropped dead at work, and within the same month, my mom's co-workers were giving her sh*t about still wearing her wedding band. They were married over forty years."
"I told her she could do whatever she wanted to with it, just like she could when he was still alive. I get that it's until death do you part so that's the end of the legal contract, but love doesn't have an expiration date."
~ Particular-Crew5978
"'Life goes on'. People say this when I'm struggling with severe depression and somehow fail to realise it sounds to me in that state like they're cursing me with prolonged suffering."
"If someone in your life is in that bad a spot, just like, make cups of tea, watch their favourite shows with them. Actions that show you care because words are useless at that point."
~ ESLavall
"After my husband died. Literally right after, within the week:"
"• we are praying for you to meet someone new. (Just f*ck off already)"
"• at least he died quickly instead of suffering (he had cancer and wanted as many days as he could get)"
"• I know exactly how you feel. My girlfriend had a dog she loved that died (what the actual f*ck)"
~ Infamous_Cranberry66
"A relative said something along the lines of 'let go, let God' or 'God's plan' stuff to me when my mom died, and it enraged me, but I bit my tongue because I knew they meant well and taking my grief out on them wouldn't ease my grief any."
"Some years later, that relative lost a child to overdose. I'm not religious, so I would never have said 'God has a plan' to them, but the look of anguish in their eyes made me suspect that they now understood why that was such an unhelpful thing to say."
"Like, if God has a plan, and his plan included inflicting that kind of pain on so many people, then why should I be a fan of his? Can't you just give me space to feel the pain of the loss? Do I have to ask for permission?"
"Sometimes I think people say that kind of stupid, trite sh*t because they're just that uncomfortable with death, and having to sit with the bereaved in their grief for even one goddamn moment is too much for them.
"So they fill the silence with bullsh*t, rather than acknowledging their own discomfort. Then they can walk away patting themselves on the back for having been supportive."
"You want to help? Just be present in the moment, and be open to whatever the moment requires. Let the silence be."
~ iolarah
"My ex saying, 'It's just the two of us here now, do you want to have sex?'."
"After my daughter had died, hence why there was just two of us in the middle of the day."
"That was the day I stopped needing absolutely anything from him."
~ uggo23
"As a hospice nurse, I've heard them all. I've even been guilty of saying some stupid stuff early on in my career."
"What I say now is, 'this really sucks, I'm so sorry you're going through this and I'm here to walk with you'."
~ IllustriousEffort520
"I just say, 'I'm so sorry this happened. I'm here if you need anything or just want someone to listen."
~ MohawMais
What's the worst thing you've heard someone say after a tragedy or trauma?
When most of us have technical difficulties, we contact tech support or customer service.
But if you're President of the United States, just ranting on social media—then having your White House Press Secretary post a screenshot of your post on a social media platform people actually use—is apparently the answer.
MAGA Republican President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to rant about his technical difficulties during a teleconference with his Christian nationalist backers.
He wrote:
"I’m doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly. This is the second time it’s happened. If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved — It would be good. There are tens of thousands of people on the line!"
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
Trump added:
"I apologize for the long wait on the Faith Leaders Conference Call. AT&T ought to get its act together. Please pass along the word to the tens of thousands of people who are there. We may have to reschedule the call, but we’ll use another carrier the next time. AT&T obviously doesn’t know what they’re doing!"
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
The Trump administration's current White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, shared an uncaptioned screenshot of Trump's first rant on X, where someone outside Trump's MAGA minions might see it.
AT&T did see it on X and responded accordingly.
"We've reached out to the White House and are working to quickly understand and assess the situation."
But it turns out it was what tech support calls a PICNIC error: Problem In Chair, Not In Carrier.
Usually that last C is for Computer, but the acronym still works. It wasn't an AT&T problem, it was a Trump problem.
AT&T shared:
"Following up—Our initial analysis indicates the disruption was caused by an issue with the conference call platform, not our network. Unfortunately, this caused the delay, and we are working diligently to better understand the issue so we can prevent disruptions in the future."
People were less than sympathetic to Trump's struggles.
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And some wondered if this wasn't a way to launch Trump Mobile for all future White House conference calls.
AT&T shares temporarily went down on high volume after Trump's post got noticed—after Leavitt amplified it.
Trump's teleconference tantrum about AT&T fell two weeks after Eric and Donald Trump Jr.—on behalf of the Trump Organization—unveiled Trump Mobile, a licensed deal for a mobile phone service that also sells a $499 Gold Trump branded T1 smartphone.
Coincidence?
Considering the source and his business fraud history, manipulating the market from the White House isn't an unrealistic scenario.