80s rock star Nancy Wilson of the band Heart is facing backlash after she recently compared being an American to how it was during the Vietnam War, saying it’s “more embarrassing now.”
During an interview earlier this month, the “Barracuda” rocker talked about the early days in the group while discussing the band’s huge hit “Crazy on You,” which came out in 1975, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
“We were kind of embarrassed at that time to call ourselves American because of the dirty politics of the Vietnam War,” Wilson said.
“To be as subtle as possible,” she added. “It’s more embarrassing now.”
Later in the interview, the rocker said the group’s 1977 hit “Barracuda” was even “more relevant in the salacious billionaire culture with the grab-them-by-the-p***y mentality.”
Heart’s Nancy Wilson slammed for saying it’s ‘more embarrassing than…
