Kid Rock raised eyebrows with his awkward attempt to flirt with BBC journalist Caitríona Perry during a live interview.
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Perry, the British broadcaster’s chief Washington, D.C., anchor, was interviewing Kid Rock, whose real name is Bob Ritchie, about his plans for the day when the conversation took a flirty detour. After discussing the inauguration and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Ritchie quipped, «You sound sexy,» and even invited Perry to go skiing with him.
The journalist, dressed in full ski gear for the chilly weather, kept her composure, responding, «Well, we won't get into that right here,» before deftly steering the interview back on track.
The awkward moment, shared widely on social media, sparked a mix of amusement and secondhand embarrassment. Viewers praised Perry for her professionalism, with many noting her poised response to Ritchie’s unexpected comments.
Kid Rock had performed the night before at Trump’s “Make America Great Again Victory Rally,” alongside other artists like the Village People, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Lee Greenwood.
The inauguration itself was a spectacle, featuring bold promises from Trump to “restore America” with executive actions, including controversial measures like declaring a national emergency at the southern border and renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of