Last week, songwriter and radio personality Billy Mack slammed LeAnn Rimes for what he called her “Kardashian attitude” after she was allegedly rude to audience members (including Billy’s father, country legend Bill Mack) at a performance in Texas.
LeAnn has more haters than fans these days (due in no small part to her notorious ego), and she can’t really afford any more negative press.
So instead of just ignoring Mack’s comments in hopes that the story would go away, LeAnn got in front of it.
Or more accurately, she had her publicist get in front of it with a lame, awkwardly-worded statement in LeAnn’s defense:
“In hindsight, Bill Mack and his son’s desire to see LeAnn on their time frame with no regard for the time frames that are part of every artist’s protocol before shows was the only ‘diva’ attitude going on,” the statement reads.
“LeAnn and her family love Bill Mack. She has no idea why he would harbor such intense ill feelings about her and why he could talk as if he knew anything about her personal life.”
Well, if she’s trying to prove that she’s above the drama, calling out an aging country icon as a “diva” is probably not the way to go about it.
Reports of LeAnn delaying a flight with her bratty behavior don’t help either.
Perhaps Ms. Rimes should just give up on touring and stick to something she’s better at – like feuding with Brandi Glanville.