Maren Morris is celebrating Pride Month in a big way this year by sharing that she is bisexual. Morris took to Instagram to post about her celebration and added, "Happy to be the B in LGBTQ+." The news comes after the singer-songwriter announced last year she was leaving the country genre over concerns surrounding its conservative elements.
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00:00Maren Morris is celebrating Pride Month in a big way this year by sharing that she's bisexual.
00:06Morris took to Instagram to post about her celebration and added,
00:09"'Happy to be the bee in LGBTQ+.' The news comes after the singer-songwriter announced last year
00:15that she was leaving the country genre over concerns surrounding its conservative elements.
00:19In 2022, she made headlines for her ongoing feud with Jason Aldean's wife,
00:24Brittany Kerr, surrounding Kerr's transphobic comments regarding gender-affirming health care.
00:29Speaking to the Los Angeles Times of her country music exit, she said,
00:33"'I didn't think of myself as a political artist. I just wrote songs about real life through a lens
00:38of deep respect for my country heroes. But the further you get into the country music business,
00:43that's when you start to see the cracks, and once you see it, you can't unsee it.'"
00:47The singer in recent months also finalized her divorce from country singer Ryan Hurd.
00:52The former couple share a 4-year-old son, Hayes.
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