Shania Twain Says Sorry For Saying She Would’ve Voted for Trump
Shania Twain opened up in a new interview with The Guardian saying she would have voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Now, she’s taking it back.
“I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest,” she said to The Guardian. “Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want b——-.” She added, “I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?”
Now, she opened up about People magazine, saying: “I would like to apologize to anybody I have offended in a recent interview with The Guardian relating to the American president.”
“The question caught me off guard,” said Twain. “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.”
Continued Twain, “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. 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.”