Shaboozey has responded to the viral moment where he appeared to side-eye Megan Moroney at the 2025 American Music Awards Monday night after Moroney said the Carter Family “basically invented” country music.

During Monday night’s awards ceremony, the two artists took the stage to present the award for favorite country duo or group. There, they honored some country stars from the past who had also been honored by the AMAs, with Shaboozey alluding to Charley Pride winning the first-ever Ama for favorite male country artist. Moroney then read from a teleprompter that “this award went to the Carter family, who basically invented country music.”

The “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” singer seemed to give her a side eye after she recited the sentence, and the two went on to present the award to Dan + Shay. The moment swiftly went viral online, and Shaboozey has now responded to the controversy on X.