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Miranda Lambert isn’t outrunnin’ the memory of this altercation.
More than 15 years after the “House That Built Me” singer was rumored to have gotten into a fight with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroegerat a Nashville bar, she set the record straight about their run-in.
“I threw moonshine in his face,” Lambert explained on the Oct. 1 episode of The New York Times‘ Popcast podcast. “I did do that.”
In fact, she admitted that Kroeger had “a lot of hair,” which she ultimately “wrecked” with her drink.
Looking back, the country singer admitted that emotions were running high by that point in the evening. But she isn’t too worried about the incident, either.
“It was a lot and it was just a late night, and no one was in their best state,” she recalled, adding, “I don’t know if we’re fine now—but I don’t care.” (Kroeger has not publicly addressed the incident.)
E! News has reached out to Kroeger’s reps for comment and has not yet heard back.
Although it’s clear she’s not looking at any photographs of Nickelback, Lambert said she and his ex-wife Avril Lavigne—with whom Kroeger still maintains a close bond—are on great terms.
As Lambert put it, “We’re good. I had Avril come and do my CMA Fest surprise guest.”
Back in 2010, Us Weekly, citing an eyewitness, reported the situation began when Kroeger kept asking Lambert to take shots with him, which she declined multiple times. After he allegedly called her a “b—h,” her then-husband Blake Shelton had stepped in.
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Shelton’s rep denied there was a fight at the time, telling the outlet, “No fists were thrown. Blake is a peacekeeper and doesn’t start fights.”
Years later, the former Voice judge—who was married to Lambert from 2011 to 2015—shared his perspective on that night out.
“People always try to pop off or call her bluff at bars,” Shelton—who tied the knot with Gwen Stefani in 2021—told Rolling Stone in 2014. “One of them, I don’t want to say the guy’s name, but he’s the lead singer of a very popular rock band.”
He did tease the singer’s identity, adding, “His initials are C.K.”
For a closer look at more celebrity feuds, keep reading.
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