Independent country music artist Alexis Wilkins is responding to the controversy over her latest live gig booking at the upcoming Great American State Fair event, part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in Washington, telling her critics that she has been hired on her merits as a singer and not because she is the long-term girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel.
Wilkins, 27, is unflappably resisting the notion that she was chosen to perform the National Anthem at the troubled President Trump-touted event that quickly saw multiple major artists bow out. She was added to the dwindling lineup on Tuesday amid the ongoing controversy over booking the event set to take place on the National Mall.
“What a great honor to be a part of the 250th birthday of this great nation!,” Wilkins wrote on X on Tuesday about the last-minute booking, including an image of herself singing with the Washington Monument in the background.
Within a couple of hours, Wilkins’ replies to the post were flooded with accusations of favoritism, questioning the use of taxpayer funds to book her and mocking her sincerity about being chosen as a performer following high-profile exits from the event. Wilkins was quick to defend her participation and her merits as a musical act.
