Red, White, and Rehab: Country Music's 10 Douchiest Moments


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2. That Time Kenny Rogers Was Sued for Phone Sex
After three women filed a lawsuit against the "Gambler" star claiming he had "coaxed" them into having phone sex in 1990, Rogers settled the lawsuit before it ever saw the light of day in court. The singer now admits that he set up the 1-800 number for women to call to engage in phone sex, but that the women were well aware of what the number was for, and instead chose to call and record it in an effort to make him pay.

It's not really that douchey that he set up a phone sex number for women to call; I mean, hell, who cares what gets the ol' rocks off? What's super-douchebag, though, is the women who sued him for this shit.

And don't pull the whole "my hang-up button was stuck" line, either. We all know you liked it.


1. Blake Shelton's Jackassery
It's never the smartest thing to Tweet and drive, but Mr. Shelton took that to a whole new level when he Tweeted about how he intentionally swerved to the side of the road to run over a protected box turtle. It couldn't get more douchey than that. Take a look:

Does anyone know if the Eastern Box turtle is protected in Oklahoma? If so I didn't just swerve to the shoulder of the road to smash one...

When met with an onslaught of angry tweets, Shelton told his haters to "shut up."

Perhaps Shelton was a slight tad bigger than his turtle-smashing britches when he recently took his douchery to the next level and labeled classic country as "full of old farts" and "jackasses." Nothing says country douche like forsaking your musical forefathers. Might not have been the smartest move, considering he royally pissed off country-music legend Ray Price in the process.

(Side note: do the chairs on The Voice remind anyone else of the the one used by Doctor Claw on Inspector Gadget?)




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Courtney Riedmann
Courtney Riedmann

John Deere* Sorry, I'm an Iowa girl, it's my duty to know that haha.

Anse
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Every time I have to hear Lee Greenwood sing "God Bless the USA" is immediately the douchiest moment in country music history. 

Hanabi-chan
Hanabi-chan

Anse, I so agree with you. I used to work for a couple that were in the Amway business, (don't judge me.)  Anyhow, that song got played in a few of the functions I worked at. 

dermgerm
dermgerm topcommenter

Faith Hill's WHAT?! video was the best thing ever. I was surprised Carried Underwood made the cut. I wonder what she would have to say if it were a turkey burger haaaa. Also, somehow I feel less clean despite this list being full of douches.

eudemonist
eudemonist

Eh, not a big fan of country, but if the douchiest thing we can come up with is running over a turtle, that's not too bad, I don't reckon.  It beats, oh, I dunno, a golden shower sex tape with an underage girl.

dermgerm
dermgerm topcommenter

@eudemonist a PROTECTED one. But, Blake Shelton is just way douchey anyway. Even if it was a joke, he can't pull it off and it was really stupid and he handled it like a total tool.

eudemonist
eudemonist

@dermgerm Swerving to smash _any_ animal is pretty lame, but if the guy can tell an Eastern Box Turtle from an Ornate Box Turtle at seventy miles per hour, he's more in tune with nature than I.

dermgerm
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@eudemonist @dermgerm touché, he bests me as a naturalist too.

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