Carrie hemmed.
Carrie hawed.
She was facing the toughest question of the day.
And it had nothing to do with a Cowboy quarterback named Tony Romo.
She got this apologetic look on her face, then finally confessed her allegiance.
“I hope people won’t hate me. I hate picking sides. But I’ll probably, 51 percent, be rooting for the Saints.”
After all, Saint coach Sean Payton attended one of her concerts.
“That’s where the 1 percent comes from,” Carrie said.
If you’ve been asleep for the past week, Carrie Underwood — the season four winner of American Idol, the proud owner of five Grammy awards — will sing the national anthem before Sunday’s Super Bowl.
This is huge, folks. So huge, it apparently merited a press conference Thursday where Carrie shared the stage with Queen Latifah, who will sing “America the Beautiful” at Sunday’s game.
Queen Latifah was the sly one, letting Carrie field most of the questions.
We learned that even veteran performers worry about forgetting the words to the national anthem.
“Of course, you’ve sang these songs a million times … Of course you know the words,” Carrie said. “But if you’re going to mess up, that’s the one time you’d do it, right?”
And we learned that youth all over American should listen to the now famous lyrics to “Pants On the Ground,” written by Larry Platt and made famous by American Idol during this year’s audition episodes.
“That’s music with a message. As a songwriter, I know we all aspire to write something that’s catchy and has a message. I think the youth of America can learn a lot from ‘Pants on the Ground.’
“And they can pull their pants up. Because it causes all kinds of back problems and things like that,” Carrie deadpanned. “I’ve seen the studies.”
Carrie’s about to head out on tour to support her new album, “Play On,” and talked about that a little bit, too. The tour kicks off March 11 in nearby Reading. (You’ll find a link to ticket info in the Idols in the Area section to the right of this blog.)
She also said plans are under way for a fall leg of the tour.
Listening up, York Fair folks?
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