Nation singer Ingrid Andress has relived stepping right into a packed stadium whereas drunkenly singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in her first interview since leaving a rehab facility.
The 4-time Grammy nominee’s “worst second” occurred in mid-July at Main League Baseball’s Dwelling Run Derby, after which she admitted she was drunk.
“It solely took, you already know, world humiliation for me to be like ‘this can be a downside,’” Andress stated on “The Viall Files” podcast Thursday.
The songstress, recognized for booze-related hits like “Wishful Consuming” and “Waste of Lime,” admitted to strolling out on the sphere that day “not caring” how her efficiency was going to go.
Within the daring show at Globe Life Discipline in Arlington, Texas, the vocalist gave a pitchy and slurry rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
“I used to be so gone that afterward, I assumed that I like, sort of nailed it,” the 33-year-old shared.
When the songwriter awakened the next day, it was the primary time she realized there was a significant issue.
“I used to be like ‘okay, that is so not like me, like, this isn’t okay,” she recalled.
Earlier than the botched efficiency, the Colorado native stated she was consuming closely for over three months attributable to a sequence of occasions.
“I didn’t notice how a lot I didn’t let myself course of these feelings of grief,” Andress stated, including that her sister moved out of her home, she break up together with her first-ever supervisor and broke up together with her “very severe boyfriend” abruptly.
Following the Nationwide Anthem ordeal, Andress launched an announcement with out approval from her crew.
“I’m not gonna bulls–t y’all, I used to be drunk final evening. I’m checking myself right into a facility at this time to get the assistance I want,” Andress wrote in an announcement on social media on the time.
Hours later, she was in a rehab facility with out her telephone after which spent six months “off the grid” recentering herself in Colorado.
“I’m wonderful with being America’s punching bag,” she stated, wanting again on the debacle.
Her viral second occurred two days after President Trump was shot within the ear at a rally in Pennsylvania and through a time when Democrats have been calling on former President Biden to drop out of the race.
“For one second, everyone was united in the truth that I used to be terrible so I really feel like I united America in a means,” she quipped.
“You bought to see me in my worst second,” Andress stated. “So now, hopefully all the things from right here might be nice.”
Andress was contacted by different nation music artists, together with Kelsea Ballerini and Elle King, who additionally made waves together with her personal drunken set during a concert honoring Dolly Parton at The Grand Ole Opry.
Andress stepped again into the highlight by releasing a brand new single and efficiently singing the nationwide anthem at a Colorado Avalanche recreation on Feb. 28.
