CMA Awards hosts Underwood, Paisley poke fun at politics
NASHVILLE — Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley did more than poke fun at the Country Music Association’s ill-received media guidelines that aimed to keep politics out of Wednesday’s CMA Awards. The veteran hosts dug straight in with barbs aimed at key political figures from both parties, including President Donald Trump.
Underwood said producers required this year’s show to be a “politics-free zone.”
“Clearly we can’t say or play anything,” she said.
Paisley, strapped with his guitar, playfully asked if that meant he’d be barred from performing such songs as “Hold Me Closer, Bernie Sanders” and “Stand By Your Manafort.”