Sammy Kershaw says this year’s CMA Awards have left him hurt, embarrassed and pushed aside. In a public post, the country veteran says the CMA denied his request to walk the red carpet for a few minutes with his wife, Mendy, after they had rearranged his touring schedule and booked travel around the event.
Kershaw points to a career that stretches more than 50 years, more than two dozen Billboard-charting hits, a CMA Horizon Award nomination, his lifetime CMA membership, and years of appearances at CMA Fest. He says he hoped he had earned the chance to walk the carpet alongside his wife, as they have before.
