Bob Ritchie, who still performs under the name “Kid Rock” despite having become a grandfather five years ago, must’ve woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. The aging rocker used his Twitter account to attack pop star Taylor Swift, whom Forbes named as the highest-paid celebrity of 2019, a title she also earned in 2016. At only 29 years old, she enjoys a career that is still on an upward trajectory, while Ritchie hasn’t even been able to book the state fair circuit since 2017. Here’s what Ritchie had to say about a woman who is roughly the same age as his own children.
OK, completely gross, right? We get it. You’re jealous. And sexist. And you have a lot of time on your hands. So how did the folks on Twitter react? Let’s take a look. Warning: Intense laughter to follow.
Half An Onion, a Twitter account with more than 600,000 followers, said:
One of my personal faves:
And finally, a reminder that Kid Rock, like his friend Ted Nugent, wrote about his love of underage girls and statutory rape.