Nation music singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress broke her silence for the primary time on Thursday, practically a 12 months after she admitted herself to rehab following her admission that she had been “drunk” throughout her controversial nationwide anthem efficiency on the 2024 MLB Dwelling Run Derby.
Andress, 33, appeared on “The Viall Files” podcast this week to debate the fallout from her efficiency and what transpired simply earlier than she took the sphere at Globe Life Area in Arlington in mid-July.
Ingrid Andress sings the nationwide anthem previous to the 2024 T-Cell Dwelling Run Derby. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Images by way of Getty Photographs)
“That day started as a very – what seemed like a normal day,” Andress recalled. “At that point, like that day, I knew that I was drinking, but I was really loving the numbing feeling that I was having, and so I just didn’t stop.”
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The four-time Grammy nominee defined {that a} current cut up together with her first supervisor and a breakup had prompted her to start ingesting excessively within the months main as much as her efficiency. She admitted that in her state on the time, she had been unaware of the gang and fan response at dwelling and had believed that she had “kind of nailed it.”
“It wasn’t until I woke up the next day where I was like ‘OK, this is so unlike me. This is not OK. I need help,’” Andress stated. “I didn’t realize how much the video was going viral, because I had never experienced anything like that.”
Andress later admitted in a press release she shared on social media that she had been “drunk” whereas singing the nationwide anthem. She stated on Thursday that she had shared the assertion whereas on airplane to rehab.
Ingrid Andress sings the nationwide anthem previous to the 2024 T-Cell Dwelling Run Derby. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Images by way of Getty Photographs)
“I’m not gonna bulls— y’all, I was drunk last night,” her assertion learn. “I’m checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need. That was not me last night. I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country I love so much for that rendition. I’ll let y’all know how rehab is, I hear it’s super fun.”
Andress stated on Thursday that she had acquired an awesome quantity of hatred and felt like “America’s punching bag.” She joked that due to the political local weather on the time, she took some solace in understanding that she may at the very least unify folks on one factor.
“I will say, at the time, politics was really bubbling, and I just feel like there was a lot of angst in general during that time. So, if anything, I feel like – I’m fine with being America’s punching bag, because for one moment, everybody was united in the fact that that was awful. So I feel like I united America in a way.”
Ingrid Andress performs onstage throughout day three of CMA Fest 2024 on the Chevy Riverfront stage on June 8, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Danielle Del Valle/Getty Photographs.)
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Final month, Andress had the chance to redeem herself and carried out “The Star-Spangled Banner” at an NHL recreation in Colorado. She additionally launched a brand new single earlier this week.
She stated on Thursday that after her stint in rehab and time together with her household at dwelling in Colorado, she felt able to return.
“I spent a lot of time with family, and then I was like, ‘I think it’s time to re-emerge.’”
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