Milwaukee Breweries and MLB fans around the world got to watch one of the most entertaining events of the summer on Monday night: the Home Run Derby. Although no Brewers players competed in this year’s derby, fans still tuned in to watch a duel between the best players in baseball. Teoscar Hernandez of the Los Angeles Dodgers won last night’s game against Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals.
But the focus of the evening wasn’t on Hernandez’s performances or the other sluggers. Instead, most of the conversation (especially online) centered on the awful rendition of the national anthem before the event. Four-time Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress was the artist who performed the anthem.
Ingrid Andress faces online criticism for singing the national anthem before the Home Run Derby
Before the Home Run Derby began, four-time Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress performed the national anthem, as is tradition before every sporting event involving American teams.
Uhhh… that hymn was intriguing. Sung by Ingrid Andress photo: twitter.com/zsjQi84zEy
— Ben Brown 🌻 (@BenBrownPL) July 16, 2024
As you can see in the video, her performance was, in a word, awful. During her singing (and after), fans on social media criticized her performance.
Ingrid Andress Gives Fergie a Chance for Worst National Anthem Ever Performed
— kev – tiktok data collector lvl 1 (@justkevooo) July 16, 2024
I hope Ingrid Andress disappears from social media for a while
— Brad Greenway (@BradGreenway) July 16, 2024
Ingrid Andress’s National Anthem Might Be the Worst Thing to Happen in America in the Last 48 Hours #brutal
—Collin Doss (@cdoss44) July 16, 2024
Before the national anthem: “I’ve never heard of Ingrid Andress.”
After the national anthem: “That explains a lot.”#HomeRunnerDerby
— Ryan Campbell (@R_Campbell19) July 16, 2024
Fergie sees Ingrid Andress dethrone her for worst performance of the national anthem #mlbhomeunderby #undergroundhousephoto: twitter.com/6y1jpa0iK7
— 🧚🏼♂️ (@peppergreenlaww) July 16, 2024
As you can see from the reactions, fans were far from thrilled with her performance. In fact, they were downright cruel in their criticism of her performance.
Today, Andress made her first public statement since the disaster.
Ingrid Andress Checks Into Rehab After Her National Anthem Performance At Home Run Derby
On Tuesday afternoon, Andress shared the following message on social media:
— Ingrid Andress (@IngridAndress) July 16, 2024
Apparently, the singer was intoxicated during the performance. She decided to check herself into a rehabilitation center to sober up.
Let’s hope he gets the lend a hand he needs.
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