Celebrities react to Carrie Underwood's performance at the a cappella inauguration

Celebrities have thoughts about Carrie Underwood“An a cappella performance in The President.” Donald Trumpopening.

During a ceremony held on Monday, January 20, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Underwood sang “America the Beautiful” and was accompanied by the Armed Forces Choir and the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club.

After playing a few tunes, Underwood was met with silence and waited to see if the technical glitch would be fixed. Underwood eventually asked if she should Singing without accompanimentHe told the audience: “If you know the words, help me here.”

News broke that Underwood would be too Perform at the event After the reporter Matthew Foldy We shared a leaked copy of the event program via X on January 13.

Before the show, Underwood addressed her decision to perform at the event. “I love our country and am honored to be asked to sing at the inauguration and be a small part of this historic event,” Underwood said in a statement. “I am honored to answer this call at a time when we must all come together in a spirit of unity and looking to the future.”

Scroll down to see celebrity reactions to her performance:

Ariana Grande

After Underwood sang a cappella, a meme of the former vice president circulated Kamala Harris Watch the country singer belt out the tune. In explanation of Instagram mail, Evan Ross Katz “Kamala Harris conjures up Coco Montres (“Girl, look for the memo”) as she watched Carrie Underwood at the creepy inauguration today,” Kamala Harris wrote. Grande seems to have liked the upload.

Mandy Moore

Moore also appeared to throw shade at Underwood, apparently liking the same Instagram post that Grande shared.

On Jason's side

The judge He came to Underwood's defense After the performance. “First of all, it's a hard song to do anyway, and when you're supposed to sing to a song and that's what gives you a reference to the song,” Aldean shared on the Jan. 21 episode of Fox and friends. “For that not to happen, she has to say, ‘Okay, listen, we're going to go.’ That's a big step and that's a professional move on her part, so I thought it was great.