Brutal…
After being announced back in March, Tim McGraw was officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday in Nashville alongside Paul Overstreet and The Stanley Brothers.
Since his friend and fellow superstar Kenny Chesney was inducted last year, it felt like a no-brainer for McGraw to receive the honor. Of course, it should go without saying that McGraw has remained one of country music’s biggest superstars over the past four decades. Scoring 49 #1s hits, 13 #1 albums, 14 CMA Awards, 11 ACM Awards and 3 Grammys, the “My Best Friend” singer is undoubtedly one of the most highly-decorated artists in the genre’s history.
Before he was officially inducted, Parker McCollum honored McGraw with a performance of “Don’t Take the Girl,” Lady A covered “Live Like You Were Dying” and Lainey Wilson, a fellow Louisiana native, spoke about his influence on her career and performed “Just to See You Smile.”
Like his acceptance speech back in March, McGraw was incredibly emotional during the induction. In an incredibly emotional speech, he’d reflect on the fact that he arrived in Nashville the day that the legendary Keith Whitley died, also honoring Whitley and all the past legends of the genre who paved the way for him.
“Some people might call that a bad omen. I’ve come to believe it was something else, that Nashville was telling me the truth on my very first day, that this music costs something. The people who make it give everything that they’ve got. And if you’re lucky enough to make it down the road, you owe it to the ones who didn’t and the ones who paved it… I can’t tell you what it means to walk into this Hall on the same day as the men whose fingerprints were on my very first day. I don’t believe that’s coincidence; I believe that’s country music.”
Additionally, the 59-year-old singer/songwriter could barely hold back his tears while talking about his wife, Faith Hill’s, impact on his life and career.
“You know our story, but what you don’t know is she is the most loving, compassionate and the best person I know. She’s so solid, and I am more solid because of her… she is for many, many reasons, why I am standing here. The only thing that can beat this night, is when you’re standing here and I’m sitting there.”
Overall, it was an incredibly memorable night in Nashville, filled with incredible tributes to McGraw, Overstreet and the Stanleys, beautiful speeches and a whole lot of emotions throughout. With that being said, however, that’s not what the focus has been online the past day.
Though McGraw’s speech is being hailed as one of the greatest in the Hall of Fame’s history, online, people are focusing on his interesting (to say the least) decision to go a little overboard on his spray tan for the night.
As expected, once the Daily Mail uploaded the photos in the post above on X (formerly Twitter), the replies were nothing short of a war zone for McGraw.
From users calling him a “microwave hotdog” and an Oompa-Loompa from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to others joking that he took his hit song, “Indian Outlaw,” too far, the jokes were flying left and right. Of course, the Louisiana native is known for being fairly tan (sprayed or not), but the stark difference between his face and his hands make the whole thing look pretty obvious.
I ran to the comments, and they didn’t disappoint:
I’m not one to judge another man’s appearance, but I think we can all agree that McGraw should take it easy on the spray tan the next time around…
Since it’s been referenced so many times here, before you go, fire up “Indian Outlaw.”
