Country music singer -songwriter Ingrid Andress first broke silence on Thursday, almost a year after admitting herself at rehabilitation after her acknowledgment that she was “drunk” during her controversial national anthem on The The 2024 MLB Derby Run Derby.
Andres, 33, appeared on “Viall file” Podcast this week to talk about falling out of her appearance and what appeared just before she took the terrain to Globe Life Field in Arlington in mid-July.
Ingrid Andres sings a national anthem before the derby of the T-Mobile Derby 2024. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
“That day started as very – what seemed like a normal day,” Andtered recalled. “At that moment, like that day, I knew I was drinking, but I really loved the stunned feeling I had, and I just didn’t stop so much.”
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Four -time Nominated Grammy He explained that the recent cleft with their first manager and breakdown encouraged her to start drinking overly in the months that led her to her performance. She admitted that she was not aware of the reaction of the crowd and fans at home in her country at the time, and she believed that she had “scored somehow.”
“Only when I woke up the next day, where I was like” OK, this is unlike me. This is not right. I need help, “Andtered said.” I didn’t realize how viral the video became, because I never experienced anything like that. “
Andress was later in a statement she shared on the social media that she was “drunk” as she sang the national anthem. On Thursday, she said she shared a statement while on a rehab plane.
Ingrid Andres sings a national anthem before the derby of the T-Mobile Derby 2024. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
“I won’t bulls — You all, I was drunk last night,” her statement said. “Today I am applying at the facility to get the help I need. It was not me last night. I apologize to MLB, to all fans, and to this country I love so much for that amount. I’ll give you how rehabilitation is, I hear it’s great fun.”
Andress said on Thursday that she got a huge amount of hatred and felt like a “American punching bag”. She joked that, because of the political climate at the time, she took comfort, knowing that at least she could combine people about one thing.
“I will say, at the time the politics was really noisy, and I just feel like there was a lot of anger at the time. So if nothing else, I feel like I’m fine with an American punching bag, because at one point everyone was united in the fact that it was awful. So, I feel like I am united America in a way.”
Ingrid Andress performs on stage during the third day of CMA Fest 2024 on Chevy Riverfront stage, June 8, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Danielle del Valle/Getty Images.)
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Last month Andress had the opportunity to redeem and perform the “Star Transparent” on NHL play in Colorado. She also announced a new single earlier this week.
On Thursday, she said that after she was in rehabilitation and time with her family at home in Colorado, she felt ready to return.
“I spent a lot of time with my family, and then I said, ‘I think it’s time to reinthp. ”
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