What would you do?
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill performed Saturday at Lafayette’s Cajundome where Mr. McGraw was fondled by an overzealous fan. Ms. Hill called her on the carpet for it saying, “Someone needs to teach you some class, my friend. You don’t go grabbing someone else’s husband’s balls. You understand me? Very disrespectful!”
The incident prompted many calls from Lafayette women who were ashamed that it happened in their town.
On Monday, female callers supported Hill’s decision to confront the woman during the concert, Clement said.
“Most said they were embarrassed this happened in Lafayette,” he said. “They sided totally with Faith defending her man, standing her ground.”
I can understand Faith’s obvious emotion on this, but not her reaction. The groper certainly acted in a classless manner but Ms. Hill’s reaction was worse. Don’t get me wrong; I think disrespectful behavior should be confronted, but to do so in front of an audience while demanding the offending person be taught some class is the height of hypocrisy.
I know that some of my friends will read that last statement and wonder if I really typed it. I grew up in South Louisiana where women would sooner tear your eyes out than allow you to disrespect them by fondling their husbands. But is that really showing love and respect for your own marriage and husband? Nothing about the marriage commitment says that you own the other person. Showing anger in a moment like that and using the stage that you command to single out the offender smacks of control issues and jealousy. Ms. Hill came off like a dog marking its territory and the offending woman probably learned nothing about respect.
If a woman grabs your husband’s balls, the “classy” thing would be to let him handle it. If he doesn’t handle it in a manner respectful to your marriage, take up the issue with HIM. You can’t make other people respect you by beating them over the head with the word. The woman who groped Tim McGraw doesn’t appear to respect herself or the McGraw/Hill union. That kind of personality deficiency cannot be fixed by an angry wife; indeed, an angry wife is a green light to an attention seeking woman. Ms. Hill may have felt better in that moment, but because of her own classlessness, I have the feeling she is going to see many more incidents like the one in the Cajundome.
It’s going to be hard for me to answer this one without bias as I suspect Ms Hill is a bitch of the worst kind.
With that said, she probably said it in the heat of passion – and she probably still feels plenty of passion for her husband – hence her reaction. Maybe she was just having a bad day or maybe she is pyscho jealous or maybe she’s a total egomaniac. Who knows? I can’t blame her though for publicly calling that woman out! I think I’m going to side with her on this one.
I am always a little put off by celebrities who are offended by the antics of their fans, who pay them millions of dollars and afford them the lifestyles that the rest of don’t get even a glimpse of.
Sure this woman had no class and sure she shouldn’t have been groping Tim Mc Graw, but I have to ask the pregnant question:
Does Faith Hill (or anyone else) really think Tim McGraw has never been fondled, groped, slapped on the butt, kissed, or booby flashed by adoring and possibly wasted female fans?
Get Real, he’s a country star.
Does she have to like it? No. But that’s life in the fast lane, Babe. Get over it.
Favorite Faith Hill quote:
“The secret of life is there ain’t no secrets…….and you don’t get your money back”
I’m glad that you brought up wasted, TWC. Truly, all of us have done something we weren’t proud of while altered. I once, in front of my husband (all parties were wasted), grabbed the crotch of a man who was hitting on me in a disrespectful way and told him that his package wasn’t what I was accustomed to. Tacky? Yes. Forgivable? Also yes.
I would never do such a thing sober, but it seemed appropriate at the time. (The doc says that I can justify all of my bad behaviors though.)
I think that you must take things in the contexts of their deliveries. The doc knows that I would never disrespect him or be disloyal to our relationship. An outsider might assume something different. We are all outsiders in the McGraw/Hill/concert goer’s lives. The only insiders were the concert goer and McGraw. I still think that Faith Hill was nasty in her response. She was essentially “protecting” her marriage from a woman who “said” my hand can cup your jeans. She then told the world that she doesn’t trust the honesty in her marriage.
I wish I had read this while the video was still available (why isn’t it?} so I could see if that gal who fondled McGraw was any of my friends and relatives in Lafayette.
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