Musician Kacey Musgraves condemns Columbus as 'the lamest person to probably ever exist'

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 09: Kacey Musgraves performs during the "Deeper Well" tour at Prudential Center on September 09, 2024 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for ABA) (Taylor Hill/Getty Images for ABA)

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Singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves blasted Italian explorer Christopher Columbus shortly before Columbus Day.

As she spoke to the Texas crowd during her second night at American Airlines Center on Sunday, Musgraves noted that the next day, Monday, was Columbus Day.

"Tomorrow’s Monday?… Ew, that’s right, wait, it’s Columbus Day? It’s what now?" she asked as the audience booed and corrected her, saying it is Indigenous People’s Day.

"Yeah, no yeah yeah, actually, obviously f--- Columbus. Literally the lamest person to probably ever exist. Like for real. What a loser," she said. "You’re a loser, Christopher Columbus, we hate you!"

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Singer Kacey Musgraves performs on the Mojave Stage during weekend 2, day 2 of Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on April 18, 2026, in Indio, Calif. (Getty Images for Coachella)

While revered for his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that paved the way for European exploration in the Americas, Columbus has also been heavily scrutinized by activists and academics over his treatment of Indigenous people and the start of mass colonization. As a result, in recent decades there have been repeated flare-ups of national tension over whether the explorer should be celebrated.

Musgraves has made headlines recently for her political activism.

In August, she had urged her fans to donate to Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights.

"It’s a wonderful organization, and they help give aid — legal aid — and money to children whose parents have been deported unfairly," Musgraves said. "It’s not a political thing. It’s just, these kids need help."

More recently, Newsweek reported that Musgraves hosted Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico at a concert in Dallas over the weekend, siding with him as she mocked former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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A statue of Christopher Columbus was defaced in Central Park, New York, Feb. 27, 2023. The Italian explorer has become a lightning rod for controversy in recent decades. (Jennifer Mitchell for Fox News Digital)

Theo Wold, a former White House deputy assistant for domestic policy under President Donald Trump, spoke to Fox News Digital, defending Columbus and arguing Musgraves is off the mark.

"Obviously, no one expects a corporate-backed recording star to know a damn thing about world history, but unfortunately, the abysmal educational standards of our public schools have made Musgrave’s misinformed views widespread among regular Americans. That’s the real problem. Columbus was a courageous adventurer and ahead-of-his-time navigator to whom we owe much of the prosperity we now enjoy. The kind of prosperity that makes it possible for Musgraves to rake in millions while spouting uneducated hot takes with no basis in reality."

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State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat from Texas and U.S. Senate candidate, speaks during a campaign event in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. Musician Kasey Musgraves hosted him at her concert over the weekend as a special guest. (Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Alexander Hall is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Alexander.hall@fox.com.