Singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves blasted Italian explorer Christopher Columbus shortly before Columbus Day.As she spoke to the Texas crowd during her second night at American Airlines Center Sunday, Musgraves noted that the next day, Monday, was Columbus Day."Tomorrow’s Monday? … Ew, that’s right, wait, it’s Columbus Day? It’s what now?" she asked as the audience booed and corrected her, saying it is Indigenous People’s Day."Yeah, no yeah yeah, actually, obviously f--- Columbus.Literally the lamest person to probably ever exist.
Like for real.What a loser," she said.
"You’re a loser, Christopher Columbus, we hate you!"GOO GOO DOLLS' JOHN RZEZNIK DRAWS LINE ON POLITICS AT CONCERTS: 'I'M NOT GOING TO LECTURE YOU'Singer Kacey Musgraves performs on the Mojave Stage during the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival April 18, 2026, in Indio, Calif.(Getty Images for Coachella)While revered for his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that paved the way for European exploration in the Americas, Columbus has also been heavily scrutinized by activists and academics over his treatment of Indigenous people and the start of mass colonization.
As a result, in recent decades there have been repeated flare-ups of national tension over whether the explorer should be celebrated.Musgraves has made headlines recently for her political activism.In August, she had urged her fans to donate to Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights."It’s a wonderful organization, and they help give aid — legal aid — and money to children whose parents have been deported unfairly," Musgraves said."It’s not a political thing.
It’s just, these kids need help."More recently, Newsweek reported that Musgraves hosted Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico at a concert in Dallas over the weekend, siding with him as she mocked former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.SKILLET FRONTMAN JOHN COOPER TALKS ABOUT THE RISKS OF TALKING POLITICS AND WHY HE WANTS TO 'STAY IN HIS ...