Leaving country music AND her husband.
After over 5 years of marriage, Maren Morris has officially filed for divorce against her husband, and fellow country singer, Ryan Hurd.
According to US Weekly, who obtained the divorce complaint filed in Davidson County, Tennessee, on October 2nd, Morris cited “irreconcilable differences.”
The couple first met at a songwriters circle in Nashville, where they ended up writing for the first time together. The song they ended up crankin’ out just so happened to be “Last Turn Home,” which was recorded by Tim McGraw and featured on his 2014 “Sundown Heaven Town” album.
Maren, known for her left-leaning politics, released a three track EP last month and officially announced she is leaving the country genre, adding she feels it’s “burning itself down.” The 33 year-old singer has also come under attack by critics and folks on the other side of the political aisle, who say it’s hard to leave a genre of music that she never actually made to begin with.
The divorce filing may also come as a shock to some, due to the fact that her husband recently posted a lengthy statement to his Instagram account defending his soon-to-be former ex wife:
“She deserves to be celebrated, not just tolerated. I’m so sick of watching my wife get the shit kicked out of her by the internet.”
“I’m sick of every talking head having some kind of stupid opinion about what she says. It’s the same every time, why are you surprised when she calls out something racist or homophobic, I’m sick of people getting rewarded for it.”
Looks like Maren is getting the fresh start she so desperately craves…