Carrie Underwood made a claim on American Idol recently, and her fellow judge Luke Bryan immediately called her on it.
Seated at the judges’ table next to Bryan, the “Southbound” singer swears up and down that she’s not a crier — that she rarely gets emotional.
“It’s okay to cry, for the record. I’m not a crier,” Underwood insists in a video posted to Idol‘s official Instagram page.
The video cuts to a closeup of Bryan’s face, in a sort of disbelief at what Underwood has just said. He knows that he and the Idol producers have some ammunition on deck.
The first clip they show is Underwood with a solitary tear rolling down her left cheek as a contestant is auditioning.
Carrie Underwood
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The clips that follow are all of the Grammy-winning singer in different episodes, crying over various scenarios.
Toward the end of the montage, as a contestant finishes her audition, Bryan asks Underwood for her opinion, but she’s crying too much to respond.
“Should I go to Lionel?” Bryan asks.
It turns out Underwood very much is a crier.
Carrie Underwood
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After Underwood is handed some tissues and wipes her tears, Bryan asks, “you okay over there?” He reaches out to embrace her and help her through it.
Underwood laughs and replies, “No, I’m not.”
The end of the video shows Bryan leaning back in his chair as he says, “Cryin’s okay.”
Underwood co-signs the sentiment, adding, “It’s okay to cry.”
Carrie Underwood has been, well, busy since winning Season 4 of American Idol in 2005. Since the confetti fell, the country singer has released nine albums and embarked on seven tours. She’s also tried her hand at acting and launched a handful of businesses.
Over the years she’s become one of the biggest success stories to come out of the show, winning countless awards and amassing a staggering net worth of over $100 million.
Keep scrolling to see 20 things Underwood has done since her time on the reality singing competition.
Carrie Underwood and her husband, Mike Fisher, owned a 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom, 2-half-bathroom home in an affluent Nashville suburb called Brentwood. The 7,000-square-foot mansion features a wet bar, fitness center and tennis court, as well as a four-car garage, walk-out basement with heated marble floors and extra appliances, including a sub-zero fridge and wine fridge. That house is where Underwood suffered a devastating fall in 2017.
The couple sold the luxurious home for $1,410,000 in March of 2019, after they moved into the massive dream home that they had spent several years building from scratch.
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