00:00Soap star Nancy Lee Grahn refuses to watch Jimmy Kimmel over Carrie Underwood appearance.
00:07It seems not even a singing voice as golden as Carrie Underwood's is safe from Hollywood's ongoing political tantrums.
00:15Longtime General Hospital actress Nancy Lee Grahn made it clear last week that she was not tuning in to Jimmy Kimmel Live,
00:22not because she has an issue with the host, but because she couldn't bear to see country superstar Carrie Underwood on her screen.
00:28The reason? Underwood sang America the Beautiful a cappella at President Donald Trump's second inauguration last year.
00:36Yes, seriously.
00:38I refuse to even look at Carrie Underwood, Grahn posted on threads,
00:42announcing her boycott of the episode featuring Underwood and her fellow American Idol judges.
00:48When her comments sparked headlines, the 69-year-old soap veteran doubled down,
00:52saying she'd just watch Kimmel next week instead.
00:55What made the eight-time Grammy winner's performance so offensive to Grahn?
01:00Apparently, simply participating in a presidential inauguration,
01:04one that millions of Americans voted for, was enough to trigger a full-on boycott.
01:09Underwood, who has long maintained a stance of keeping politics out of her music,
01:13had said at the time that she was honored and humbled to be part of a historic event.
01:19For Grahn, that was too much.
01:21To no one's surprise, Grahn made her reasoning clear by unleashing a venom-filled political rant on Facebook.
01:28She blasted Trump, his allies, Fox News, and even ICE agents,
01:32referring to them as a KK cabinet and army of terrorists.
01:37Her anger, she said, was so intense that her teeth hurt.
01:42Grahn has long blended politics with red-carpet appearances,
01:46criticizing Republican leaders and public figures.
01:49Her latest remarks target Carrie Underwood,
01:52who has remained silent while promoting American Idol.
01:55Critics argue that the controversy reflects Hollywood's double standard,
01:59in which calls for tolerance often exclude differing political views.
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