But then, it was body shamingĪnd, because the more things change, the more they stay the same, like most female celebrities, Carrie also knows what it’s like to be body shamed.Įven back in 2005 as an American Idol star, she was criticized about her weight online. And having people invalidate her experience in a way that is so shallow must be extremely frustrating. The worst part is, Carrie went through a traumatic event. I think we all need to get our priorities straight already, and suspend our judgement, for starters. Indeed, these days it seems celebs are either getting plastic surgery or being accused of it. I’m on some magazine every other week for something crazy. The truth is just as interesting I wish I’d gotten some awesome plastic surgery to make this (scar) look better, but I try not to worry too much about it. And it definitely was not a choice.”ĭuring an interview with Redbook magazine, she called the online speculation that she had a nose job or other work done to her face “sad.” “I like people were going to say like, ‘What has she done to herself,’ you know … electably. We're sure all this backlash is enough to make Carrie "Cry Pretty"… with an emphasis on the pretty.Knowing she would be facing the scrutinity of the whole world, Carrie had hoped that being upfront with her fans would avoid the subsequent speculations. I'll spare you the gruesome details, but when I came out of surgery the night of my fall, the doctor told Mike that he had put between 40 and 50 stitches in." A month and a half later, Carrie sent her fan club a letter, saying, "There is also another part of the story that I haven't been ready to talk about since I have still been living it and there has been much uncertainty as to how things will end up … In addition to breaking my wrist, I somehow managed to injure my face as well. In case you missed the drama back in November, the American Idol winner fell on the steps outside her home and suffered "multiple injuries," including a broken wrist and "cuts and abrasions," as her rep said at the time. "Botched lip injections, Miss Carrie Underwood," wrote one Twitter user. Online commenters speculated Carrie was covering up everything from domestic violence to plastic surgery, as In Touch reports. (That wasn't the only conspiracy theory either. Did we need hype for our new album maybe?" And Joey Destefano tweeted, "Why all the drama and the cloak-and-dagger about her face, when she looks exactly the same. "It shows how vain these celebs are," Twitter user Becky Danehey said. Now she's considering a televised sit-down interview to clear the air."Ĭlearing the air will be no easy task, though, given the cynicism running rampant online.
"The emotional ACM Awards performance was her first step. "She wants to restore her credibility again," explains the source.
"It sounds insane, but she really questioned whether her career was over."Ĭarrie "blames herself" for that backlash, the source adds, but is looking to the future. "She admits she should have handled her accident differently, but she was very, very insecure," the inside explains. The backlash was stunning for the seven-time Grammy winner, as a source tells In Touch in the issue currently on newsstands. (One commenter even called the 35-year-old a "narcissistic fool"!)
Carrie had warned her devotees she "might look a bit different," but they lashed out once she took the ACM stage looking like her usual, beautiful self.
Country star Carrie Underwood might be "Blown Away" by the reaction to her appearance at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 15 - four months after her "gruesome" injury - but not because it was loving.