\u201cWe\u2019re convinced that if we gave Brooks a lifetime achievement award,\u201d said Academy President Joe Barron, \u201chis own peers would boo him offstage.\u201d Brooks was set to receive the award at next year\u2019s event. \u201cWe\u2019re not even sure if he\u2019s gonna be invited,\u201d said Barron.<\/p>\n
The trouble began when Brooks backed Bud Light and called anyone who didn\u2019t agree with him an \u201casshole.\u201d Within hours, the boycott machine that has taken over America spun up and Brooks was on his way to ruin. \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened,\u201d Brooks told ALLOD correspondent Skip Tetheludah, \u201cOne minute I was a country legend with a massive fanbase about to open a fun new bar and all of a sudden I\u2019m like\u2026broke, and nobody likes me. What\u2019s next? Is Spotify gonna drop me? Will I be booed offstage at some huge concert somewhere?\u201d All of those things are extremely likely, Mr. Brooks. It\u2019s a good thing you\u2019re prepared.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re convinced that if we gave Brooks a lifetime achievement award,\u201d said Academy President Joe Barron, \u201chis own peers would boo him offstage.\u201d Brooks was set to receive the award at next year\u2019s event. \u201cWe\u2019re not even sure if he\u2019s gonna be invited,\u201d said Barron. The trouble began when Brooks backed Bud Light and called…<\/p>\n