Leave it to America’s most popular country stars to give the rest of Hollywood a masterclass on unifying the country when it comes to participating in an awards show,— as this year’s event was completely void of political lectures.
On Wednesday, ABC presented the 58th Annual Country Music Awards, hosted by singers Luke Bryan and Lainey Wilson and Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.
Right off the bat, the hosts joked that they had already planned not to discuss politics during the show.
Wilson: All right, side note, y’all. There is one thing that I want to say to everybody here about the recent results, whether the candidate you voted for won or lost, we all need to get together behind the winner.
Manning: Whoa, whoa, we talked about this now. Let’s not get into politics tonight.
Wilson: No, Peyton, I’m talking about people voting for…
