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Country euphony singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress broke her soundlessness for the archetypal clip connected Thursday, astir a twelvemonth aft she admitted herself to rehab pursuing her admittance that she had been "drunk" during her arguable nationalist anthem show astatine the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby.
Andress, 33, appeared on "The Viall Files" podcast this week to sermon the fallout from her show and what transpired conscionable earlier she took the tract astatine Globe Life Field successful Arlington successful mid-July.
Ingrid Andress sings the nationalist anthem anterior to the 2024 T-Mobile Home Run Derby. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
"That time started arsenic a precise – what seemed similar a mean day," Andress recalled. "At that point, similar that day, I knew that I was drinking, but I was truly loving the numbing feeling that I was having, and truthful I conscionable didn’t stop."
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The four-time Grammy nominee explained that a caller divided with her archetypal manager and a breakup had prompted her to statesman drinking excessively successful the months starring up to her performance. She admitted that successful her authorities astatine the time, she had been unaware of the assemblage and instrumentality absorption astatine location and had believed that she had "kind of nailed it."
"It wasn’t until I woke up the adjacent time wherever I was similar ‘OK, this is truthful dissimilar me. This is not OK. I request help,’" Andress said. "I didn’t recognize however overmuch the video was going viral, due to the fact that I had ne'er experienced thing similar that."
Andress aboriginal admitted successful a connection she shared connected societal media that she had been "drunk" portion singing the nationalist anthem. She said connected Thursday that she had shared the connection portion connected level to rehab.
Ingrid Andress sings the nationalist anthem anterior to the 2024 T-Mobile Home Run Derby. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
"I'm not gonna bulls--- y'all, I was drunk past night," her connection read. "I'm checking myself into a installation contiguous to get the assistance I need. That was not maine past night. I apologize to MLB, each the fans, and this state I emotion truthful overmuch for that rendition. I'll fto y'all cognize however rehab is, I perceive it's ace fun."
Andress said connected Thursday that she had received an overwhelming magnitude of hatred and felt similar "America’s punching bag." She joked that due to the fact that of the governmental clime astatine the time, she took immoderate solace successful knowing that she could astatine slightest unify radical connected 1 thing.
"I volition say, astatine the time, authorities was truly bubbling, and I conscionable consciousness similar determination was a batch of angst successful wide during that time. So, if anything, I consciousness similar – I’m good with being America’s punching bag, due to the fact that for 1 moment, everybody was agreed successful the information that that was awful. So I consciousness similar I agreed America successful a way."
Ingrid Andress performs onstage during time 3 of CMA Fest 2024 astatine the Chevy Riverfront signifier connected June 8, 2024, successful Nashville, Tennessee. (Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images.)
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Last month, Andress had the accidental to redeem herself and performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" astatine an NHL game successful Colorado. She besides released a caller azygous earlier this week.
She said connected Thursday that aft her stint successful rehab and clip with her household astatine location successful Colorado, she felt acceptable to return.
"I spent a batch of clip with family, and past I was like, ‘I deliberation it’s clip to re-emerge.’"
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