Hypocrite!
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On Sunday night, Kenny Chesney criticized the American Country Music Awards (despite his win) for allowing fans to vote for the Entertainer of the Year award.
Chesney told reporters backstage, "I don't think it's right that they pick the one award that means the most, that all the artists sacrifice the most for."
According to reports, Chesney made clear Sunday night that his criticism was an industry complaint about the process for one award — not a dig at his fans or at the awards show overall.
It was the first time in the show's 43 years that the top prize was decided by a fan vote.
BUT, it's been revealed that Chesney played along with the industry and prodded his fans to pick him for the win!!!
Chesney's MySpace page still carried a large banner Monday urging fans to "bring it home for KC," with links to the academy's online page and messages from fans lower on the page.
Kinda hypocritical, dontcha think?
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That is just a slap in the face of all his fans.
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I agree with you Pigezz….They should have shoved the award up his ass, he would have liked that better
Guess he feels lame and guilty about it now…
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Bring it home for Kentucky Fried Chick'n? Is that what KC means?
That was a really really stupid thing for him to say. He's going to regret it more than marry that squinty lady.
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not surprised…he is afflicted with the short man complex. we'll see what happen next year when he doesn't win S**T! boycott him!!!
He wanted the award, then he didn't.
He wanted to be married to Renee Zellweger, then he didn't.
I girl reserves the right to change her mind.
hypocrite.
NOT 1st and I don't give a fucking SHIT!!! lol This guy is a weeny
Its not being hypocritical at all. He is criticising the process. The process at the time was for fans to vote. He went for the win. Doesnt mean he had to like it. So he is now denoucing it. I think hes being honest about it and Im a big Kenny fan!
Now we all know why Renee Zellweger dumped him. He's a tool.
no not really because he wasn't upset at the fact that the fans voted as much as how many times they could vote. Just like American Idol they can vote as many times as they want. If some crazy fan voted 700 times it isn't a praise to the artist! That is what he was upsest at and to make the best award of the night a fan based award sucks for the artist because it isn't accurate!! Now Garth Brookes won 4 of those awards and same with Kenny but this one he feels doesn't count because the Academy changed the process!!
Yes and no. I highly doubt Kenny Chesney is the one running his myspace page.
Despite the controversy KC really is an awesome entertainer and well deserving of the award.
I am a huge fan of country music…and and HUGE fan of kenny! I voted for him, and i was excited to see him win! I think its great that it was fan voted…but kenny did not make it into a popularity contest like other artist up for awards. He wanted people to vote for him, but he never offered free songs or other things to get people to vote for him. He was trying to say that ACMs should be fan voted…but maybe not such and important award. Thats all the kenny was trying to say…he is proud of his fans for voting for him because, he truly is an ENTERTAINER and a CROWD PLEASER..this coming from a fan that has seen him 4summers and one more this summer! CONGRATS KENNY
No he said he didn't like what they had to do to try and win. I don't blame him…look at what the majority of what retards have to say on blogs all across the world. (especially on this blog) I mean they are ignorant & merciless about whoever they happen to be talking about meanwhile judging by what they have to say in their comment and how they carry themselves they couldn't walk & chew gum at the same time. Yeah let's have them pick prestigeous award winners…NOT!
Shut up, Perez
Let's all keep in mind that Kenny may not run his own myspace page….
Chesney= Fraud! What an ungrateful snot.
what an ass wipe. i hope he chokes on the award.
what a fucking redneck. country music sucks balls
Who cares what he said?? He is still an AMAZING artist and has accomplished so much greatness!!
Well, yes and no. He disagreed, but had to play the game as laid out, as wins translate into sales, but he and the others have a good point. Musical awards/Wins should not simply go to the most 'popular', youthful, trendy and good looking artist with the most young fans who can punch in the most repetetive votes on their latest piece of technological gear. Country music needs to be about far more than that. I agree with Chesney and the others.
You shouldn't be surprise. He has been known to commit fraud before. Although, it was said to be a legal technicality of his divorce from the other Renee. In my neck of the country pumpkin woods, A fraud is a fraud and his my space promotion for a vote is a classic example!
Hey Perez! Does your Gaydar works when you look at Chesney?
This guy creeps me out. He looks like he'd be into kids or something
well… his PR team did the web thing, not him.
Re: Southern Gal – Are you freakin serious?? That was stupid.
Re: Jay Stone – Exactly, I couldn't have said it better myself. Perez, why don't you post about how he clarified that he meant the process of voting and wasn't talking about his fans at all. You're a jerk.
If you allow country music awards to become a popularity vote aka American Idol, winners will be dominated not by album sales or creative quality, but by the what, the age 10 to 20 demographic? That would be a farce on wheels. Voters choose on popularity and personal favorites, and not necessarily on the hardest touring and working polished 'entertainer' with a hard earned and phenomenal stage show. A great and complete 'entertainer' is comprised of many things.
He did not like haveing to SOLICIT votes when this award has ALWAYS been voted on by industry people and fellow musicians. We all know how america's voting track record is…look at American Idol…
Kenny deserved the win…not for internet votes, but for his BODY of work and committment to entertaining his fans…Entertainer of the YEAR!!!!
Good move Renee for dumping his ass!
I can just imagine him bitching about his win all night long to her had they still been married!
Not at all! I agree with him that the Entertainer of the Year award should NOT be voted for by fans. This isn't American Idol. If they want to do a fan vote they should create a new award for that category. Kenny was only going along with what he had no control over, you can disagree with something without having to boycott the award all together.
He has the same squinty eyes as Renee Zellweger!
I'd say that's very hypocritical, Ken!
You are where you are because of your FANS, honey! And they can put ya back where you came from should they choose to!
Ummm, he probably does not personally run his myspace page. So he wouldn't have much of a say on what is on it.
This is so dumb first of all he was critizing the way the award was handed out this year in 26 years the acadamy has given out this award!!!!! HE was mad because this award is the one that they judge on how hard you work and it's not a popularity contest!!!!! You all are crazy if you think that he wasn't going to do whatever he had to do to win this award! He works his ass off every year tours more then anyone and always has a hit record and song out! He deserves it more then anyone in country music right now and I agree with everything that he said why are they changing it now b/c they know they have to give it to him it they do!!!!! And Perez you are the most hypocritical person on the internet!!! One day you like someone the next you are making fun of them!! We should all get over our jealousy of someone and grow up!!!!!!
I don't care. I'm still going to see him front row at Cleveland Browns Stadium on saturday and LOVE IT.
Re: Jay Stone – Exactly! But you can't expect a half-brained dimwit news whore like Perez to understand. Large carrots, following around Marc Jacobs (that poor man), and calling all women whores and hags is what Perez understands.
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Takes one to know one!!! Perez is the biggest hypocrite of them all!!
It's not hypocritical at all. He thought it should be given to the hardest working, most passionate, well deserved person. When it is fan voted, it turns into more of a popularity contest. I totally agree with him. EOTY isn't supposed to be about who gets the most votes, it's supposed to be about who deserves it more. Of course he is going to try to get the votes no matter if it is begging and pushing it on his fans. If that's what the Academy said it takes to win this year, why wouldn't he try to get the votes? Doesn't mean he has to agree with it. He deserved it more than any of the other people!
He doesn't think its right, but that doesn't mean he didn't want to win it. I dont think its hypocritical he was trying to get votes for himself.
You friggen big cry baby. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA….IF YOU DON'T WANT IT GIVE THE DAMN THING BACK…….SCREW YOU….
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Apparently Kenny Chesney is an idiot. Who better to vote for entertainer of the year than the people you are entertaining. Maybe he was worried that he didn't have enough fans who actually vote for him.
Guess that's what Renee Z. meant by FRAUD
Honesty, it sounds like something you would do Perez.
Oh, and celebs have people running their websites and shit Perez, most dont even have a clue whats going on on them. Try to keep up Perez.
hz a jerk! my friend had cancer and her request through make a wish was to meet him and he said no. he stated that he was shy. WTF! im glad i never listened to his crappy music
you do realize that his myspace page is run by his label! Kenny prolly has no idea what's going on his myspace page!!
Gah, Perez! I am sure he doesn't handle his myspace page. Most celebs have "people" that take care of that.
The guy came across as an ass. Let's see how many more awards he'll get now.
I think he was just being honest which is not a bad thing. It is not a popularity contest.
He has a valid point. If he were to be judged by his peers, then critically it would be an award worth having. Being judged by non-musicians doesn't amount to a hill of beans cause they don't know jackshit about music other than how to turn on the radio.
Nope. Thisnk you have it wrong, he stated that he didnt like the award to come down to internet votes that might make this award seem trivial in anyway. We already have a show and an award show that the fans decide, lets keep those fun and the PROS can decide who entertained and who didnt.
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not hypocritical at all. He's criticizing the process. Doesn't mean he doesn't want to win. Do you know what hypocritical means???????
Re: I love Kenny – what are you gonna do, the masses are the asses
if you read his WHOLE statement, not just the media chosen exerpt you will see what he means. Some of the artists nominated for EOTY have an older fan base (like george strait) who may not even own a computer as opposed to the other nominees whose fans may spend hours online a day voting. It isn't a popularity contest.
It's like Raaaiiiiiaaaiin on your wedding day, it's a free ride when Kenny Chesney already paid. It's like 10,000 fans when all you need is your daddy' dick. It's like meeting the man of your dreams and meeting your mom. Stupid inbred fks.
He is such a douchebag!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This award shouldn’t be voted by fans, it should be given by the industry. The Country Music Industry should take a long hard look about how this highly coveted award is given in the future. Its tradition that was broken this year regarding this award.
I too, will be sitting front row in South Florida when he comes to town! There is no concert like a Kenny Chesney concert and dont knock it until you see him perform live!
OMG! Get over it! Anyone who has followed Kenny Chesney and his career knows Kenny's ALWAYS grateful to his fans at shows, upon winning awards, or any other chance he gets to thank his fans. He gave his opinion about the "association" and it was blown up to being ungrateful… give me a break and leave Kenny alone!
WTF……first of all i am not a country fan and the only reason i know this guys name is because he married Renee Zellweiger. I am not putting down his music, because honestly, I wouldnt be able to recognize it from all the other country DRWAL. But sh*t that is not a way to treat all the fans.
No not at all
I agree 100% with Kenny Chesney - read the entire article, not just the excerpt.
I have been to numerous concerts of many different country artists - and I must say, Kenny Chesney DEFINITELY deserves the Entertainer of the Year Award - he is simply AMAZING in concert!!
#24 Tish is right on the money. He pays someone to run his myspace page.
Perez, I usually love you, but I don't agree with ya on this one!!!
He loves his fans! He just feels that the award is DIFFERENT now that they are voting.
Go Kenny! We love you!!!!
GO KENNY!!!!! YOU ROCK!!! AND YOU DESERVED TO WIN!!!!! AND YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP ON WINNING!! I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID!! LOVE YOU!!!!!