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Ingrid Andress apologizes, says she was ‘drunk’ for Home Run Derby national anthem

“I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country I love so much for that rendition.”

With so many people criticizing country singer Ingrid Andress for a very uneven performance of The Star-Spangled Banner at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby, we now have more information.

And it comes straight from Andress herself.

“I’m not gonna bull[expletive] y’all,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “I was drunk last night. I’m checking myself into a facility today to get the help I need.”

“That was not me last night,” she added. “I apologize to MLB, all the fans, and this country I love so much for that rendition.”

We’re hoping she’s OK. Here’s the post with a WARNING: Some NSFW language in there.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9fdt_0uBwB/?hl=en

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Who is Ingrid Andress? 4 facts about the Home Run Derby national anthem singer and country star

Fun fact: she’s got a connection to MLB that isn’t her Home Run Derby national anthem.

OK, so Ingrid Andress didn’t make the best impression to the general public with her rendition of the United States national anthem at the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby.

But we’re talking about a country music star here who has a few hits and some Grammy nominations! So we decided to help you all out and introduce you to the singer who went viral for her Star-Spangled Banner, and it turns out that she has a different connection to Major League Baseball to go along with her career and hits that have garnered a lot of fans.

Let’s break down some facts to know about Andress:

1. Her father was an MLB coach

Brad Andress worked with the University of Michigan as a strength and conditioning coach, then joined the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and New York Mets.

2. She’s had some big hits

Here, listen to More Hearts Than Mine and Wishful Drinking that she sang with Sam Hunt

3. She’s been nominated for four Grammy awards

She hasn’t won one, but she was nominated in 2021 for three including Best New Artist and one in 2023 for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

4. She was with an a cappella group called Pitch Slapped that was on The Sing Off

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MLB fans compared Ingrid Andress’s bizarre national anthem at the Home Run Derby to Fergie’s

This was… yeah.

The national anthem isn’t the easiest song to sing, but you never want to end up beefing it on national television.

That is, unfortunately, what happened to Ingrid Andress on Monday, who sung the national anthem ahead of the 2024 Home Run Derby. Her performance before the event was … not great, to say the least. So much so that even Alec Bohm of the Philadelphia Phillies had to stifle his reaction.

The entire affair certainly brings back memories of Fergie’s famously bad national anthem performance at the 2018 NBA All-Star Game, and MLB fans made those thoughts known on social media after the anthem was over.

For those morbidly curious, here’s how Andress’s anthem sounded on TV during the Home Run Derby.

Yeah, that’s definitely entering the pantheon of choppy national anthem performances. MLB fans, predictably, made reference to Fergie’s NBA All-Star anthem performance after all was said and done.

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