The Voice coach Adam Levine had the Twitterverse abuzz Tuesday evening following the elimination of fan and judge favorite Judith Hill and Sarah Simmons, the coach said softly to himself, “I hate this country.”
Levine's microphone picked up the statement and left many fans up-in-arms over his anti-American statement, USA Today reports.
The statement, which can be heard at 1:14 in the video, prompted many users to slam Levine and NBC for the microphone-flub. Among the statements according to Mashable include, “Someone is gonna get fired for leaving @adamlevine's mic on when he said "I hate this country" #thevoice,” “If Christina woulda said "I hate this country" like Adam did today, ppl woulda tweet her so much hate but since it's Adam everything is cool,” while others supported Levine's heat of the moment statement.
“The two best singers on @NBCTheVoice got voted off, I agree with Adam, "I hate this country." It's not the voice, it's the country show,” wrote one user. “Adam clearly meant to say "I hate country (music)" added another.
While the Maroon 5 frontman has not officially addressed the statements made, he has posted a series of definitions on Twitter. Among the words defined include “joke,” “lighthearted,” “misunderstand” and “humorless.”
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