{"id":90325,"date":"2024-02-10T19:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1658154"},"modified":"2024-02-10T19:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T19:00:06","slug":"did-the-toby-keith-vs-kris-kristofferson-altercation-really-happen-why-did-ethan-hawke-end-up-facing-the-heat-for-it-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/10\/did-the-toby-keith-vs-kris-kristofferson-altercation-really-happen-why-did-ethan-hawke-end-up-facing-the-heat-for-it-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Toby Keith vs Kris Kristofferson altercation really happen? Why did Ethan Hawke end up facing the heat for it, explained"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The story of the great 2003\/2009 Ethan Hawke<\/a><\/strong>\/Kris Kristofferson<\/a><\/strong>\/Toby Keith<\/a><\/strong> debacle is one with a catalog of possible moral takeaways.<\/p>\n

Whatever your political leanings, it could arguably be a parable on the sensitivities of those in the opposite camp. Maybe it\u2019s a real-world fable on the fallibility of human memory. Whatever your take, one pertinent truth can be easily scoped out by any casual observer on either side of the aisle: That is, whether we\u2019re talking about the guy from Training Day, <\/em>the king of post-911 America-strong country music, or the man who taught Blade how to shotgun-prune the undead, performers are all a bunch of gossipy little girls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Toby Keith, Kris Kristofferson, and the reliability of Ethan Hawke’s memory<\/h2>\n

Our story begins in the April 16, 2009 issue of Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>. It was there that Ethan Hawke, on the cusp of true greatness with the release of that Total Recall <\/em>remake<\/a> that he got cut from just around the corner, published a piercing, throbbing, sweaty tribute, billed on the cover as \u201cThe Last Outlaw: Kris Kristofferson\u2019s American Journey.\u201d There were still a lot of other outlaws at the time. Bin Laden was still alive, and Wesley Snipes hadn\u2019t reported to prison yet. Still, the headline stood, wedged between a piece simply titled \u201cPrince\u201d and a cover story called \u201cLil Wayne Goes Rock.\u201d <\/p>\n

In it, Hawke recounted a series of events that occurred backstage at a celebration concert for Willie Nelson\u2019s 70th birthday, which, somehow, was only 21 years ago in 2003. It was a different time. V-neck t-shirts were just starting to come into fashion, and, more importantly, the United States\u2019 response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks was causing people in cowboy hats to shout passionately in frequencies that wouldn\u2019t be seen again until Bud Light hired a trans person to say \u201cI like Bud Light.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Hawke described a moment when Kristofferson was confronted by an unnamed-but-strangely-specific country music star, who was riding a wave of success after releasing a ditty \u201cabout bombing America’s enemies back into the stone age.\u201d According to Hawke, this mysterious singer \u2013 whose description sure makes them sound like they\u2019re \u201cCourtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)\u201d singer Toby Keith \u2013 told Kristofferson \u201cNone of that lefty [redacted] out there tonight, Kris.\u201d This (again, according to Hawke) caused Kristofferson to go off, <\/em>telling the unnamed, Toby Keith-shaped mystery man that he doesn’t know “what the hell you\u2019re talking about\u201d and shouting \u201cHave you ever taken another man’s life and then cashed the check your country gave you for doing it?\u201d<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s Hawke\u2019s side of the story, as immortalized in the pages of one of the most popular magazines in America, back when America still had magazines.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBad gas,\u201d we\u2019re told, \u201ctravels fast in a small town,\u201d and show business is just a small town with great dermatologists. Word got back to Keith that someone fitting his description had, according to the star of Reality Bites, <\/em>tried to give direction to Kris Kristofferson, and been summarily pwned by the libs as a result. Keith, for his part, was not amused. <\/p>\n

CBS News<\/a> reported at the time that Keith addressed the story backstage at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards. He called it\u2026 well, he called it a lot of things, using a lot of words that you\u2019re not old enough to hear yet. \u201cIt was,\u201d to quote Keith, \u201ca fictitious [redacted] lie.\u201d He especially made sure to point out that Hawke, while name-dropping plenty of other celebrities in his piece, only barely omitted Keith\u2019s name because \u201cHe didn’t want to [redacted] deal with the aftermath.”<\/p>\n

Finally, there was Kristofferson, who dealt with the whole situation in a manner befitting a gentleman Highwayman. In a written statement, he first pointed out that he counted Ethan Hawke and Toby Keith among his friends, then stated plainly that he didn\u2019t remember what happened at Willie Nelson\u2019s birthday party.<\/p>\n

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In fairness, it would be weird if anyone did <\/em>remember what happened at one of Willie Nelson\u2019s birthday parties. “That was six years ago,\u201d Kristofferson concluded. \u201cI spoke to Ethan before I put out my statement and thanked him for the beautiful story he wrote for Rolling Stone<\/em> and I also told him I did not recall the incident at Willie’s birthday party. This is the last statement I will put out about this nonsense.”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been 15 years since the “story” of Kris Kristofferson and Toby Keith made waves. Kristofferson, now 87, has retired from performing. Toby Keith passed away in 2024<\/a> after battling stomach cancer. Ethan Hawke remains, Schrodinger\u2019s Hollywood truth teller. Maybe he stood up and spoke truth to power in the dying days of the United States\u2019 years-long, post-9\/11 cultural celebration of Truck Month, and held a country singer accountable for his behavior. Alternatively, maybe he made the whole thing up, and we can all stop feeling bad about the fact that he had to make Daybreakers<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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