Maren Morris: Son Received Death Threats After She Slammed Morgan Wallen

Maren Morris revealed that her infant son received death threats after she criticized Morgan Wallen for his use of a racial slur in 2021. Speaking on Sophia Bush’s *Work in Progress* Podcast, Morris opened up about the harrowing experience.

“The death threat portion for me as a young mother was, yeah, obviously scary,” Morris shared with Bush. “And it wasn’t death threats against me, it was against my son, too. It’s like ‘oh wow, now we’re involving the kids, the ones you cared so much about.’ It’s incredibly dangerous and scary, you open up a whole can of worms of crazy people and pundits that kickbox the hell out of you.”

Wallen was caught on video using the n-word in 2021, leading to significant backlash from both the public and the music industry. Morris tweeted at the time, “It