跟进：CMA回应克肖红毯风波，称深感抱歉、已联系克肖团队
美国田纳西州戴维森县纳什维尔市，第60届CMA乡村音乐奖定于11月18日在普利司通体育馆（Bridgestone Arena）举行。11月9日中午，美国乡村音乐协会（CMA）在其官方Instagram账号发表声明，回应90年代乡村歌星萨米·克肖（Sammy Kershaw）被拒走红毯引发的连日争议。协会称，对任何因此感到被排除在外的艺人深感抱歉，并称已经联系克肖的团队。
声明写道，近几天，多名艺人和他们的歌迷就今年CMA奖红毯的安排发声。和任何大型电视直播活动一样，红毯设有相应标准，用来管理有限的空间，并兼顾艺人和媒体的安全需要。声明说：「我们对任何因这些决定而感到被排除在外的人深感抱歉。」
声明还写道，协会的使命是致敬乡村音乐的历史、表彰这一音乐类型的优秀成就。今年是第60届，协会正格外努力，既要聚焦过去六十年，也要庆祝2026年这个成果丰硕的年份。声明称，这件事不只是一条红毯的问题，协会将继续倾听，继续寻找办法，让所有艺人都感到受欢迎、有归属感，并称协会已经联系克肖的团队，期待继续这场对话。
克肖11月5日发帖称，他申请走今年颁奖礼红毯被拒，事情让他感到伤心，并说这一决定真的很伤人。他写道，他和妻子门迪（Mendy）原本很期待这场活动，已经订好住宿，申请等了几个月，直到颁奖礼前两周才得知被拒。克肖是CMA前地平线奖提名者，也是协会终身会员。他的帖子发出后，赖利·格林（Riley Green）、马克·切斯纳特（Mark Chesnutt）等多名同行公开声援。11月8日，歌手罗德尼·阿特金斯（Rodney Atkins）发帖称，他和妻子同样被拒走红毯，两人决定不出席今年的颁奖礼。
据《田纳西人报》报道，CMA这份声明发出后，歌迷反应不一。有评论者要求协会减少网红等非乡村艺人的邀请、把位置留给老艺人，也有人写道：「别请那些网红了，让萨米走红毯。」截至发稿，克肖本人尚未公开回应CMA这份声明，协会也没有宣布是否会改变克肖或阿特金斯的红毯安排。
关联：跟进：罗德尼·阿特金斯称与妻子同遭CMA拒走红毯，两人决定缺席11月18日颁奖礼
Follow-Up: CMA Responds to Kershaw Red Carpet Backlash, Says It Is Deeply Sorry and in Touch With His Team
In Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, the 60th annual CMA Awards are set for November 18 at Bridgestone Arena. At midday on November 9, the Country Music Association (CMA) posted a statement on its official Instagram account responding to the days-long controversy over 1990s country star Sammy Kershaw being denied the red carpet. The association said it was deeply sorry anyone felt excluded by those decisions, and said it is in touch with Kershaw's team.
The statement said several artists and their fans had spoken out in recent days about this year's CMA Awards red carpet guidelines. Like any major televised event, it said, the red carpet has criteria that exist to help manage limited space and the security needs for both the artists and the media. 'We are deeply sorry anyone felt excluded by those decisions,' the statement said.
The statement added that the organization's mission is to honor the history and celebrate the excellence of country music. With this 60th anniversary year, it said, it is working extra hard to spotlight the last six decades while also celebrating what has been a tremendous year in 2026. It said this is about more than a red carpet, that it is committed to keep listening and keep finding ways to make sure all artists feel welcome and at home, and that it is in touch with Sammy Kershaw's team and looks forward to continuing that conversation.
Kershaw posted on November 5 that his request to walk this year's red carpet had been denied, saying he was pretty sad about the decision and that it really hurts. He wrote that he and his wife, Mendy, had been looking forward to the event and had already booked their accommodations, after being strung along for several months and learning of the denial two weeks before the show. Kershaw is a former CMA Horizon Award nominee and a lifetime CMA member. After his post, fellow artists including Riley Green and Mark Chesnutt spoke out in his defense. On November 8, singer Rodney Atkins posted that he and his wife had also been denied red carpet access and had decided not to attend this year's awards.
According to The Tennessean, fan reaction to the CMA statement was mixed. Some commenters called on the association to cut invitations for influencers and other non-country figures and make room for veteran artists, with one writing, 'Forget the influencers! Let Sammy walk.' As of publication, Kershaw had not publicly responded to the CMA statement, and the association had not announced whether it will change the red carpet arrangements for Kershaw or Atkins.
来源：美国乡村音乐协会
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：萨米·克肖本人资料图（右，2018年2月摄于一场演出期间，Republic Country Club摄，CC BY 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons），非本次颁奖礼画面。/ File photo: Sammy Kershaw (right, February 2018, by Republic Country Club, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons); not a photo from the awards.
GSM Global · 本篇英文版 English edition of this story
- 2026-11-06 05:56萨米·克肖发帖称被CMA拒走红毯：经纪人称名额爆满、可自购800多美元门票
- 2026-11-06 10:59跟进：克肖红毯风波扩大，切斯纳特长帖声援、一位歌手愿让出自己的红毯名额
- 2026-11-09 03:29跟进：罗德尼·阿特金斯称与妻子同遭CMA拒走红毯，两人决定缺席11月18日颁奖礼
- 2026-11-09 15:52跟进：CMA回应克肖红毯风波，称深感抱歉、已联系克肖团队本篇
