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I noticed in the clip before the winner was announced, she was acting kind of funny, looking up at the ceiling and all around and she seemed a bit loopy. Maybe she was rollin’ or something.
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I normally can’t stand Faith Hill, but I would definitely hang out with her while she was rollin’. “Sure I’ll rub your back, Faith.” 
I’m not buying the “it was a joke” thing. It looked like someone off screen was talking to her and she was responding to them and maybe she didn’t hear the announcement of who won. Perhaps that person jokingly told her it was her and then she realized it wasn’t and got pissed about the joke on her? I’d believe that.
Celebrities should hire me to write thier excuses, I seem to be better at it than their publicists.
[sub]Still disappointed no one laughed at my Bo Bice joke. 
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It’s clearly obvious she meant to insult the troops.
[QUOTE=VCO3]
Honestly, how can anyone think that this is anything other than an obvious, intentional joke based on the Kanye West thing? Of COURSE it’s a joke.
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Um, yeah . . . sorry, not buyin it. She was pissed. (Pun intended.)
If that was a joke, Kanye West was doing a Borat-like performance art piece.
It’s the country music version of “Who ya gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes?”
It’s a shame to see her caught up in it. It’s not like she doesn’t have a pretty good career and a slew of awards of her own.
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Just speculation, but maybe it’s a case of Faith Hill thinking Carrie Underwood thinking isn’t really a country singer but just a pop vocalist calling herself country. Yeah, Faith isn’t exactly a hardcore “country” act, but unlike Carrie she at least went through the Nashville system.
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Rather than being a justification, IMO this makes Faith MORE guilty, because she used traditional country as a mere stepping stone and then turned around and courted the pop element. SHE helped open the door for all the quasi-country music out there, so if that’s the basis for her feelings, then it’s a crock. Please note that I’m not ragging on YOU personally, installLSC–you may be quite correct in what you’re saying. 
I just think that if you ARE right, then it’s a pretty hypocritical position for her to take.
The thing is, there are so many awards shows these days. Time was when it was the Oscars, the Tonys, the Emmys, the Grammys, and that was it. Now there’s the Golden Globes, the People’s Choice Awards, the BET Awards, the CMAs, the MTV Awards, the VMAs, and I don’t know what the frack all.
And it seems like the nominees are drawn from the same talent pool each time. A person could theoretically be up for an MTV award, a VMA, a BET award, a People’s Choice and a Grammy, all in the same year. And until this week, I was silly enough to think that, except for the Big Three (four if you count the Tonys, but Broadway people tend to do only that, if I’m not mistaken), performers were vastly more concerned with being nominated, presenting, performing, or just being there to be seen. I honestly didn’t think anyone cared that much about getting one of these crackerjack awards. It seemed like it was a much bigger dis if you weren’t at the ceremony at all.
I mean, really. Who’s going to remember who won what at the CMAs, the VMAs, or whatever? Underwood’s win has some meaning because it’s a reason to say, “See? AI does lead to bigger things!” But Hill is already an established star; does she need this that badly?
[QUOTE=Rilchiam]
The thing is, there are so many awards shows these days. Time was when it was the Oscars, the Tonys, the Emmys, the Grammys, and that was it. Now there’s the Golden Globes, the People’s Choice Awards, the BET Awards, the CMAs, the MTV Awards, the VMAs, and I don’t know what the frack all.
And it seems like the nominees are drawn from the same talent pool each time. A person could theoretically be up for an MTV award, a VMA, a BET award, a People’s Choice and a Grammy, all in the same year. And until this week, I was silly enough to think that, except for the Big Three (four if you count the Tonys, but Broadway people tend to do only that, if I’m not mistaken), performers were vastly more concerned with being nominated, presenting, performing, or just being there to be seen. I honestly didn’t think anyone cared that much about getting one of these crackerjack awards. It seemed like it was a much bigger dis if you weren’t at the ceremony at all.
I mean, really. Who’s going to remember who won what at the CMAs, the VMAs, or whatever? **Underwood’s win has some meaning because it’s a reason to say, “See? AI does lead to bigger things!” **But Hill is already an established star; does she need this that badly?
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Kelly Clarkson had already proven that with the numerous awards she’s won (including Grammys)
I wouldn’t mind get a CMA award, then I could tell people I won a Star Trek award!
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Kelly Clarkson had already proven that with the numerous awards she’s won (including Grammys)
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I know, but Carrie’s success doesn’t hurt AI’s credibility either.
Carrie Underwood’s new song is pretty good. She sounds so mad. I hope that’s the one she won for.
Aren’t jokes supposed to be funny?
[QUOTE=Wile E]
[sub]Still disappointed no one laughed at my Bo Bice joke. 
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I laughed. Of course, I also voted for Bo.
gredbioz, she won the Female Vocalist of the Year award which is more of a general “We think you’re totally cool” award, not for one particular song. I do love the new one. I don’t like her other #1 songs (too glurgy), but I hear “Before He Cheats” and think “Ahhh, Memories.”
Assuming that Faith was not joking (which I hope is not the case), I would be more inclined to think that her response wasn’t so much that Carrie Underwood won, but that she didn’t.
[QUOTE=Hampshire]
That’s just sad when a so called “artist” who practices their art (singing, acting, directing) gets caught up in the competition aspect of it.
Is that really what you made that album/movie for? So you could win an award for it? That’s a disgrace to your profession.
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Er… how? I know lots of people who are very good at what they do, and also would like to win awards and such for it. I mean, sure, she already has awards and money and stuff, but sometimes you really do want to win again, I hardly think it’s a discrace to her profession, though I could see how her reaction as described here (I haven’t watched the clip, since I’m on a library computer) would look bad.
Honestly, what you said sounds kinda like the people who say that teachers should both go to college for 5 or 6 years to be able to teach, and then be willing to work for peanuts because they are doing it “for the kids”. :dubious:
[QUOTE=Starving Artist]
Assuming that Faith was not joking (which I hope is not the case), I would be more inclined to think that her response wasn’t so much that Carrie Underwood won, but that she didn’t.
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I know NOTHING about the CMA’s, but there is a typical approach for awards shows where a performer is featured right before an award they are nominated for - and the assumption is that they are the winners and will come right back on stage for a victory lap.
It appears that Faith probably thought that was the plan, too, and was completely surprised it didn’t pan out that way.
She clearly wasn’t joking - but I can think of no other way for her to recover from the gaffe than to claim she was. It is surprising she didn’t stay calm in front of the camera - this is a woman who subbed for Whitney Houston at the last minute to sing at the Oscars, so she can handle the pressure - but if she was assuming that because she performed, she must be the winner, I suppose I can see it…
Even if she was joking, it would be a supremely selfish and tasteless joke.
If–again, this is IF–she was joking, then her reaction was an attempt to grab herself some attention, at the precise moment of another performer’s victory. What a trashy, self-serving “joke.”
I’m firmly in the “don’t care” camp, but I still think she has an awful purty mouf.
Now I think I’m wrong. I think it was for a particular song. Hell, I don’t know. I’m confused. I’ll just carve my name into her leather seats and be done.
[QUOTE=WordMan]
She clearly wasn’t joking
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I just can’t get over this - how can ANYBODY view the clip and think it wasn’t a completely staged joke?
It happened - what, a day? - after Kanye’s awards show fit, which was all over the news.
She looks right into the camera and mouths “What?” Why on earth would she look right into the camera if she were legitimately upset?
Her entire “reaction” begins before the announcer has even said the name of the winner.
Come on, folks.