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Blake Shelton Said Part Of Winning A 2020 ACM Award ‘Sucked’

Blake Shelton won an ACM Award a few weeks back for his song “God’ A Country” for Single of Year and he accepted the honor live although he was in…

Blake Shelton Said Part Of Winning A 2020 ACM Award 'Sucked'
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Blake Shelton won an ACM Award a few weeks back for his song "God' A Country" for Single of Year and he accepted the honor live although he was in Los Angeles and not in Nashville for the show.

As Blake joked with Ellen this week, he really missed being there in person st the ACMs for the pure glory of winning among his peers. Blake said, "It was very weird you know especially in the country music world most of us are all friends and so, you know you look for that moment when you're up there accepting your award and you see all your buddies that lost to you."

He added, "You can kind of give 'em a wink or flip them off, you know as soon as you go to commercial break and there was none of that on this you just had to literally act gracious and you couldn't rub it in people's faces. So, that part of it sucked."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.