Mike Edmisten Follower of Jesus. Husband of Nicki. Father of Ryan & Brock. Communicator of the Word.

Angry Faith

I'm somewhat of a closet country music fan. I especially like to listen to country songs from the 80's and early 90's, but some of today's stuff isn't too bad, either. I got home late from a meeting this week and I turned on what was left of the County Music Association awards. I turned it on just in time to see Carrie Underwood win Female Vocalist of the Year. But the most interesting reaction to the award was not Carrie Underwood's. It was Faith Hill's.

There were cameras on each of the five women who were up for the award. When Carrie Underwood's name was announced, Faith Hill shouted, "What?" with a look of total disgust on her face. Then she stormed off.

After all of this happened, Faith Hill released a statement. "The idea that I would act disrespectful towards a fellow musician is unimaginable to me. For this to become a focus of attention, given the talent gathered, is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving female vocalist of the year."

Gary Borman, Hill's longtime manager, added that Faith's reaction was meant as a joke.

I'm sorry, but I'm just not buying it. I saw it happen on live TV. I've seen it replayed on the internet. Nothing about her reaction was in jest. If you haven't seen it, you can watch it on youtube and decide for yourself.

I can understand being upset about not winning an award. I can even understand losing your cool. It happens. People aren't perfect. But why continue this line about it being "a joke." Wouldn't it better if she just said, "You know what? I messed up. I was mad and I lost my cool. It shouldn't have happened, but it did and I am sorry." That would be better than this John Kerry style explanation of, "It was just a bad joke." That explanation didn't work for him, and I seriously doubt that it will work for her.

What is it about apologizing that is so difficult? Every single one of us are flawed. We are the picture of imperfection. So why is it so hard for one screw-up to tell a bunch of other screw-ups the he or she screwed up? I guess it's because we don't want all the other screw-ups to know that we're actually one of them! Well, the bad news is that the jig is up. You're imperfect. I am too. So can we at least be authentic about that? I hope so, because I'm just no good at these games. Apparently Faith Hill isn't either.