FILE – In this Aug. 28, 2017, file photo, Shania Twain performs during opening ceremonies for the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Twain has apologized for saying if she were American she would have voted for Donald Trump for president, even though he’s offensive. She made the comments in an interview with The Guardian that was published over the weekend. She told the British newspaper “Do you want straight or polite? … I would have voted for a feeling that is transparent.”
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Shania Twain, the Canadian singer who is the top-selling female country artist of all time, touches her new star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame at dedication ceremonies in Los Angeles Thursday, June 2, 2011.
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FILE – In this Aug. 28, 2017 file photo, Shania Twain attends the opening night ceremony of the 2017 U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York. Twain’s, “Come on Over,” sold 20 million albums and two Grammys; it was nominated for album of the year but lost the Grammy to Lauryn Hill’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” in 1999.
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FILE – This Aug. 28, 2017 file photo shows Shania Twain performing at the opening night ceremony of the 2017 U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York. When the queen of country pop contracted Lyme’s disease, she thought her singing career was over. Twain says the process of finding her voice again was gruesome and trying. She trained with coaches and worked extensively on her vocals, comparing the experience to an athlete recovering from a major injury. The result is “Now,” her first album in 17 years to be released Sept. 29.
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Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File
FILE – In this June 16, 2017, file photo, Shania Twain performs at Rockefeller Plaza in New York. Shania Twain will headline the opening-night ceremony at the U.S. Open. She will perform Aug. 28 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
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Shania Twain poses at the 2016 CMT Artists of the Year at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn.
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Photo by Sanford Myers/Invision/AP
Singer-songwriter Shania Twain performs in concert during her Rock This Country Tour 2015 at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Philadelphia.
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Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP
Honoree Shania Twain, right, accepts the Artist of a Lifetime Award as Carrie Underwood listens during the CMT Artists of the Year awards show at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn.
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Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP
Singer Shania Twain attends the 2014 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 18, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Recording artist Shania Twain speaks onstage during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 18, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Shania Twain presents the award for top rap artist at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas.
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From left, singers Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood and Faith Hill arrive at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
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Shania Twain presents the award for entertainer of the year at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2013.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Shania Twain has apologized for saying if she were American she would have voted for Donald Trump for president, even though he’s offensive.
She told the British newspaper, “I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want bulls**t. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?”
After receiving backlash, Twain took to Twitter to explain herself.
The Canadian says she wasn’t prepared for the question and was trying to express how Trump had connected with a certain segment of the U.S population.
Twain also says she’s against discrimination of any kind and hopes it’s clear from her public stances that she doesn’t share any moral beliefs with Trump.
I am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it’s clear from the choices I have made, and the people I stand with, that I do not hold any common moral beliefs with the current President (2/4)
My answer was awkward, but certainly should not be taken as representative of my values nor does it mean I endorse him. I make music to bring people together. My path will always be one of inclusivity, as my history shows. (4/4)
