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Kid Rock is a world-class jerk, and has been for years and years. (Z) saw him in concert close to 30 years ago—he was the opening act for the band that (Z) was actually there to see—and he came off as a prima donna. That kind of behavior might be tolerated from the headliner, but from the opener? Not so much.
Yesterday, the musician's inner jerk was on full display, as it so often is. He appeared on the show of Fox entertainer Jesse Watters, ostensibly to criticize Bruce Springsteen (i.e., a musician with actual talent, who has not based his entire career on just two hit songs). And somehow, Rock got on the subject of America's declining population growth, sharing his view that the problem is that nobody wants to sleep with "ugly ass, broke, crazy, deranged, TDS liberal women." He followed that sexist remark (joke?) up with more than a dollop of homophobia, adding: "I mean, you look at these rallies, it's like a bunch of women that no guy wants to sleep with and a bunch of dudes that want to sleep with each other."
That kind of boorish behavior makes the news out of Nashville all the more delicious. See, despite being from Michigan, Rock somehow thinks he's a Southerner. And so, he's opened a restaurant in that city called Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N' Roll Steakhouse. As any connoisseur of fine food knows, the more words there are in a restaurant's name, the better the cuisine is. Anyhow, the restaurant was grossly understaffed this weekend, particularly during prime time on Saturday night, and so took a beating on Yelp and other review sites.
Why was it understaffed? Well, that's where the schadenfreude comes in. Recall that Rock is an outspoken Trump supporter. He's visited the Oval Office, multiple times. He performed at the Republican National Convention. And, consistent with being a MAGA fanatic, he has savaged undocumented immigrants on numerous occasions—one time, for example, describing them as "murderers" and "rapists." Apparently, however, that does not extend to the undocumented immigrants who work at his restaurant, and who had to be sent home this weekend, because of rumored ICE raids.
In short: What a damn hypocrite. (Z)