Miranda Lambert Pushes Back Against 'Cowardly People' Commenting Negatively Online
"Thanks for reminding me why I read books," the singer said.
— -- Miranda Lambert has a message for those who troll celebrities and comment negatively about them online: Be careful.
In a lengthy post on Instagram, the country music singer reflected on how social media can at times be a "blessing" and at other times be a curse.
Next to a photo of Lambert, 32, riding a horse, she wrote: "Every now and then I decide to re-join the world of social media and post something really personal. Not promoting anyone or anything. Not selling a better version of myself to anyone or trying to look cool like we all do all the time. Just a picture that either I or someone I know and care about took the time to take and see the beauty in."
"This is one of those moments that im proud of," she continued. "My friend Tommy snapped it on a trail ride on his phone at golden hour on the farm in TN. What a blessing. I'm wearing yoga pants and no makeup and im on the back of my beloved Leiani. A Gypsy Vanner horse."
Then Lambert turned her attention to a previous photo she posted of herself with her boyfriend, singer Anderson East, on the red carpet at the CMA Awards Wednesday night.
Lambert was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year, a category that was eventually won by CMA Awards co-host Carrie Underwood.
"But ... Last night I was all dolled up and 'out on the town' with my sweet man at the CMA awards in Nashville,” she wrote on Instagram. “I was excited about the night and posted a picture. Just now when I looked I realized so many comments were judgmental and negative.”
"Cowardly people hiding behind a keyboard or a cell phone writing their useless comments about our eyes and clothes and body language," Lambert continued. "What a bunch of bull s---. Thank y'all for reminding me why I read books, write songs, and spend most of my time with animals and people I trust and love."
Lambert ended her lengthy caption by quoting the late poet Maya Angelou.
"And one last thing.....," she began. "'Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and all that ignorance. Don’t do that. Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. They get on the walls. They get in your wallpaper. They get in your rugs, in your upholstery, and your clothes, and finally in to you.'' Maya Angelou"