Kid Rock Kicked Off Stage After Drunken NSFW Rant Against Oprah

By Regina Star

December 1, 2019

KAABOO Texas 2019

Kid Rock was kicked out of his concert after going on a drunken rant against Oprah Winfrey and several other television hosts.

According to TMZ, Rock was escorted from his gig at his bar, Big Honky Tonk & Steakhouse, in Nashville last week after launching into a disparaging, vulgar tirade against the television icon. 

“I’m not a bad guy. I’m just an honest guy,” an intoxicated Rock swears on stage in a fan-shot video obtained and published by the celebrity gossip outlet, before exclaiming while gesticulating: “I don’t like Oprah Winfrey or Joy Beyhar. They can suck d—k sideways.” The 48-year-old rocker goes on to mock “weird” detractors who have accused him of racism — such as some concertgoers in the crowd — and later shouts: “F—k Oprah Winfrey. F—k Kathie [Lee] Gifford.”

This isn’t the first time Rock has expressed his hatred of Oprah. He’s admitted not liking her in past interviews before, but with no clear cut reason as to why. Until now. Rock has taken to Twitter with an explanation for his rant, claiming: “My people tried to get me to do The Oprah Winfrey show years ago and her people wanted me to write down 5 reasons why I loved her and her show…. I said f—k that and her. End of story.”

While it’s also unclear why Rock may have targeted Gifford, his beef with Beyhar has been documented ever since he called the View cohost out of her name on FOX & Friends last year. “I would say love everybody,” he said at the time, “except I’d say screw that Joy Behar b—h. Everybody but that!”

As yet, neither Oprah, Beyhar nor Gifford have responded to Rock’s tirade.

Photo: Getty Images

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