Miranda Lambert is finally opening up about her alleged bar fight with Chad Kroeger in 2010. During an Oct. 1 appearance on "The New York Times' Popcast," Lambert addressed the questions fans have had for over a decade.
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Co-host Joe Coscarelli began the line of questioning: "True or false: you hit Chad Kroeger in the face?"
"I threw moonshine on his face," Lambert admitted. "I did do that."
Lambert then continued by noting that the incident happened late at night, meaning that no one was "in their best state."
Even now, 16 years later, Lambert isn't sure where she stands with Kroeger.
"I don't know if we're fine now — but I don't care," she said.
We still don't know what led to the altercation, nor if anything happened after she threw moonshine in the Nickelback frontman's face. Still, this isn't the first time the incident has been addressed. When speaking with Rolling Stone in 2014, Lambert's then husband, Blake Shelton, also discussed the incident.
"People always try to pop off or call her bluff at bars," Shelton said. "One of them I don't want to say the guy's name, but he's the lead singer of a very popular rock band."
We've since worked out that it was Kroeger, but that's about all the information we have got.
Miranda Lambert Also Discussed Her Early Days in Nashville
Later on the same podcast, Lambert discussed her first few years in Nashville, as she tried to make it in the country scene.
"Carrie Underwood and I made it through pretty much a solid, at least, seven years of only guy artists coming out of country music," Lambert said. "It's like, 'Wow, this is really off-kilter a little bit.'"
The "White Liar" singer recalled that "there were only two girls for so long."
Fortunately, the country scene's landscape has become far more diverse, with countless female artists and some genuine heavy hitters. Country is better because of that change. Both Lambert and Underwood deserve some of the credit for being the type of role models that gave others the confidence to pursue their dreams.
However, Kroeger might not be so supportive of Lambert at this point.
