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Shania Twain apologises for saying she would have voted for Donald Trump

Twain made the comments in an interview with The Guardian over the weekend.

CANADIAN SINGER SHANIA Twain has apologised for saying if she were American she would have voted for Donald Trump for president, even though he’s offensive.

Twain made the comments in an interview with The Guardian that was published over the weekend.

“I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest,” Twain said.

“Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want bullshit,” she said.

“I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?”

After receiving backlash, Twain took to Twitter to explain herself.

The singer says she wasn’t prepared for the question and was trying to express how Trump had connected with a certain segment of the US population.

“I would like to apologise to anybody I have offended in a recent interview with The Guardian relating to the American president. The question caught me off guard. As a Canadian, I regret answering this unexpected question without giving my response more context,” she tweeted.

Twain also says she’s against discrimination of any kind and hopes it’s clear from her public stances that she doesn’t share any moral beliefs with Trump.

“I was trying to explain, in my response to a question about the election, that my limited understanding was that the president talked to a proportion of America like an accessible person they could relate to, as he was not a politician,” Twain said.

“My answer was awkward, but certainly should not be taken as representative of my values nor does it mean I endorse him. I make music to bring people together. My path will always be one of inclusivity, as my history shows.”

With reporting by Associated Press.

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    Mute Brendan O'Brien
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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:21 PM

    That don’t impress me much.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:26 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: Brilliant lol

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:43 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: turns out it don’t take a lot to impress her after all! And alienate her LGQT fans and liberal women to booth! She is entitled to her right to choose but a lot of people do not like who she has chosen! An own goal!

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:17 PM

    @Deborah Behan: yeah but would have resonated with her right leaning fans. I am not sure what her fan base breakdown is, but to say he is honest is shocking.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:24 PM

    ‘Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment seat;’

    A load of ole pony, so what if she likes the Don.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:29 PM

    @Deborah Behan: I’ve tried singing it but that doesn’t even rhyme Deborah.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:48 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: and man, i feel like an eejit

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    Apr 24th 2018, 10:00 AM

    @Deborah Behan: Perish the thought someone would hold an opinion not sanctioned by the LGBTQIYZRT/Feminist thought police.

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    Apr 28th 2018, 2:12 PM

    @An_Fear_Liath: I never said she should but if they are a large market who buy your stuff maybe don’t cheer on someone who trying his best to take their rights away. Anyway I’d say she’ll see a drop in sales.

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    Apr 28th 2018, 2:12 PM

    @Ron North: lol!

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:21 PM

    Back tracking cause its not the ‘right’ thing to like Trump, shes whats wrong with the world today

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:26 PM

    @shanekeogh: No, she was what’s wrong with the world yesterday.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:29 PM

    @Buck Russell: Yes.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:37 PM

    @Buck Russell: So What? Who gives a #hit on what she has said. She is entitled to vote for this fellow Trump without having to apologise if she were American.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:49 PM

    @Alan Scott: of course she is but the people who buy her records and concert tickets also have a right to stop doing that! Do you think straight men are the only demographic she sells to? I’d say the majority are gay and female, you know the ones Trump is trying to strip the rights of, take their health care and grab them by the pussy! You’re not going to find an awful lot of people agreeing with her!

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:54 PM

    @Deborah Behan: Given her country music style, I would’ve thought that most of her fans vote republican. Maybe I’m wrong.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:55 PM

    @Deborah Behan: Can you break down the demographic percentages of Shania Twains fans please? You sound like an expert

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:31 PM

    @Deborah Behan: Maybe I should have given my comment a little more thought. You are correct in what you said.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 7:15 PM

    @Alan Scott: Don’t mind Alan he thinks he has the moral high ground in comments section.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:25 PM

    Never apologise to the online outrage mob.
    It will be never be enough and is seen as a sign of weakness to these so called liberals.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:23 PM

    @Sheldon: Its clear that she’s not on a minimum wage .
    Americans who voted Trump wanted more bucks in their pocket .

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:40 PM

    Why apologies? She’s entitled to her opinion as much as anyone else. The sensible thing to do is say nothing but if you commit to a preference, stand over it when you’re challenged.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:55 PM

    @Emachine: well that’s fine if her fan base wasn’t mostly liberal women and gay guys who’s rights are being chipped away by Trump. She needs their support and money! You don’t piss off your consumer!!!

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:57 PM

    @Deborah Behan: What is Trump doing to gays? He was the first US president in history, not to oppose gay marriage before he was elected. No points for that I suppose.

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    Apr 24th 2018, 10:01 AM

    @Deborah Behan: What rights has Trump “chipped away”?

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    Apr 28th 2018, 2:15 PM

    @Sp: eh he’s allowing religious people to with hold their serves to gay people if they disagree with their lifestyle. He’s making it much harder for women to access abortion and trying to defund planned parenthood which is a major source for women’s healthcare. That’s just for starters.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:50 PM

    Love the way entertainment industry embraces diversity in everything apart from political opinion….

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:05 PM

    Once again, the only thing wrong here is the apology..

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:37 PM

    She lost the left with the article and the right with the apology… Strong convictions lightly held obviously…

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:41 PM

    Offense is taken not given, no need to apologise for something as utterly trivial.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:20 PM

    It’s the way democracy seems to be going recently. One person, one vote…(unless of course the defenders of democratic rights don’t like your voting choice, at which point they bring out the lynch mob)

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:27 PM

    WTF? She is not entitled to her own opinion?

    I wouldn’t have voted for him but I will defend her right to free speech. He’s not the most popular guy around but she has every right to say that she would vote for him, to support him etc.

    Otherwise this is censorship.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:31 PM

    @B9xiRspG: It’s not censorship if she says one thing and then another. It’s free speech.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:40 PM

    @Jim Buckley Barrett:people deciding not to buy her albums or tickets to her shows is capitalism not censorship.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:50 PM

    TL, DR – still ride her.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:00 PM

    Why do these people think their oppion is of any concern to us ?

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:34 PM

    Twain is extremely conservative in her political values. It is easy to see how she would be beguiled by Trump’s apparently shoot from the hip, shoot from the foot and shoot from the mouth approach but being pro Trump would be unpopular in entertainment circles and potentially career damaging.

    I love the idea of her music unifying people, the reference to inclusivity, almost as if she is trying to imply that even Trump can be included in her circle of love.

    I remember a musician many years saying that as a musician he did not do politics but then expressing his quite liberal view as a human being.

    Perhaps entertainers should not be scrutinised about their political values. The likes of Bono, friend of Mike Pence, can’t be restrained from expressing their tuppence worth which is usually not worth even half tuppence.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:40 PM

    @Michael Lang: her music is too shit to unify anyone.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:41 PM

    @Tae: laughing. That’s a much better reply!

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 7:49 PM

    @Michael Lang:

    Michael, do you specifically set out to spread Fake News on this platform?

    Shania Twain was a Christian but the family did not practice that while she grew up. She does not follow any religion now but is a follower of Sant Mat. It is from this philosophy that she decided to become a vegetarian and has strong links to PETA. She has strong links to Native Canadians and was raised in the Ojibwe culture. She is a strong advocate of minority rights and hates anything got to do with racism. She is an advocate of a multicultural society and supported gay marriage in the US.

    She does not like to talk about any specific political beliefs and does not often take sides in hot political debates. Reason being is she has fans from all walks of life and doesn’t want to alienate any of them…

    Stop spreading Fake News, Michael…

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 8:20 PM

    @Jimmy Ryan Rises:
    Actually no matter where you got all of that information, it doesn’t address the elephant in her room. She is obviously completely out of touch with what is going on in the USA at the moment.
    It’s on par with Sinead O’Connor being dressed as a priest on the late late show. When she was asked where her ministry was she replied “my friends and people who know me“.
    It’s not stupidity. Nor is it lack off or presence of a value system. It is the world of the perpetually famous. Some choose to engage with the rest of the world and some like Shania Twain simply don’t. What she said was remarkably uninformed.
    Easier to love animals than it is people. They’re way less complicated

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 9:10 PM

    @Anton Dec: Her book, her twitter account, and her concerts.

    And if you ask me, I think the people who criticised her are the ones that are completely out of touch with the realities of what is going on in the US at the moment. A simple fact highlighted in the election of Trump was that many people found Trump offensive but still held their nose and ticked the box for him.

    Make no mistake.Trump gained much of the growing anti-establishment vote. Just like Obama did before him. And Trump took a lot of the blue collar worker base, a group that is historically Democrat.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 11:43 PM

    @Jimmy Ryan Rises: she is highly conservative and supports Donald Trump.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 9:19 PM

    I love Shania and I love Trump . Way to go babe . Big Bump for the Trump and No Rain on the Twain .

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:47 PM

    Typical Trump supporter, change your story to protect your money.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:46 PM

    Apart from all the lies and mis-truths he seems totally honest…

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:20 PM

    Female cuck.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:44 PM

    @Sp: Learn that from your online Bweitbart fwends? Aw bless!

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:52 PM

    @A Piece of Chalk: *tumbleweed*

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:51 PM

    @A Piece of Chalk: wrong account copied there bi polar boy.

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    Apr 24th 2018, 7:34 AM

    Why should she apologise ? It’s her view, it may be what the majority of us would state is the wrong view but it’s her view

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    Apr 24th 2018, 9:56 AM

    Well I know people who voted for Trump and they have valid and genuine reasons for doing so. Why should they be any more judged than those who voted for Clinton who was also a very problematic, corrupt and unreliable candidate? I dislike Trump but I’m relieved that Hillary Clinton isn’t in the White House. Shania Twain expressed a genuine opinion and has had to backtrack because of the progressive mob who start foaming at the mouth if one dares express any sort of support for Trump.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 11:46 PM

    Now, which part of him could you look at and make any sort of connection with honesty?

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:42 PM

    She is far too old for Trump.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:44 PM

    Tnks for clearing that up.. who gives a f*ck what Shania twain thinks

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    Apr 24th 2018, 7:08 AM

    How can anyone actually think he’s honest.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 5:26 PM

    She doesn’t want bullshit yet she’s full of bullshit.

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    Apr 23rd 2018, 6:22 PM

    I’m getting the words, beat up and journal .

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