Joy Behar questions how Carried Underwood could ‘love’ our country if she performs for Trump

“The View” co-host Joy Behar called out country superstar Carrie Underwood on Tuesday for agreeing to sing at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, questioning how the singer could love America.

“She says ‘I love our country’. How do you love your country and support and normalize someone who was a convicted felon who really wants to destroy the country, in my opinion I don’t understand how you say you love your country , while also normalizing this convicted felon?,” co-host Joy Behar said.

Underwood is scheduled to perform “America the Beautiful” at Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin pushed back, saying there were plenty of Americans who voted for Trump and love our country.

“I wouldn’t be the person to say don’t do it because I believe in free speech and everything about it. I personally wouldn’t do it. No one has asked me, but that’s another story,” Behar said and noted that she would never personally appear at Trump’s inauguration.

Joy Behar called out Carrie Underwood for agreeing to sing at Donald Trump’s inauguration on Tuesday. (Left: (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images), Right: (Photo by John Nacion/Penske Media via Getty Images))

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Co-host Sunny Hostin respected Underwood’s choice, saying, “I think art is art and you know you have the right to perform where you want to perform.”

“I agree with you, I can’t sing a lick and I haven’t been asked, but if I was asked it would be a hard no,” she added.

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg also said she respected Underwood’s decision.

“People do what they do for whatever reasons. It’s like Joe and Mika. They felt that’s what they had to do and I had to stand behind them, you know, and I stand behind her,” said she, referencing MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

Carrie Underwood’s home in Tennessee caught fire Sunday night. (Getty Images)

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Underwood released a statement Monday saying she is “honored” to perform when Trump takes the oath of office on Jan. 20 in the U.S. Capitol.

“I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the inauguration and be a small part of this historic event,” Underwood said. according to the Associated Press. “I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in a spirit of unity and look forward.”

Underwood’s representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Behar’s remarks.

Lee Greenwood and the Village People, famous for their song “YMCA,” which has become a staple at Trump rallies and for the president-elect’s signature dance, will also perform at the inaugural events.

“We know this won’t make some of you happy to hear, but we believe music should be performed without regard to politics,” the Village People said in a statement on Facebook on Monday.

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