Sheryl Crow has revealed that an armed man had “barged onto her property” after she posted a now-viral video of her selling her Tesla in protest of Elon Musk.
The “If It Makes You Happy” hitmaker, 63, shared a clip on social media in which she happily waved goodbye to her electric car in February as it was towed away from her Nashville, Tenn., home.
Crow divided fans when she said that she would donate the money to NPR after the radio network received criticism from the Tesla founder when the Department of Government Efficiency looked to slash funding.
On Wednesday, the 9-time Grammy winner revealed that she discovered an armed man inside the barn of her remote, 50-acre property.
“This feels different, because when I came out against Walmart carrying guns, not everybody was armed — and certainly I didn’t live in Tennessee, where everybody is armed,” she told Variety.
“So yeah, there was a moment where I actually really felt very afraid: A man got on my property, in my barn, who was armed. It doesn’t feel safe when you’re dealing with people who are so committed.”
Still, Crow admitted she “can’t help” but think she would post the same video all over again despite the frosty response, especially as a mom of two adopted sons. (Crow is mom to Wyatt, 18, and Levi, 15.)
“I feel like I’m fighting for my kids. Also, that’s the way I was raised,” she said. “There have been times when it hasn’t really been fun, but I follow my Atticus Finch dad; I’m very similar to him if I see something that seems unfair, you know?”
In 1996, Walmart banned Crow’s titular second album from its stores when she name-dropped the retail giant selling guns in her hit song “Love Is A Good Thing.”
Crow’s lyrics mentioned, “Watch out, sister, watch out, brother. Watch our children while they kill each other. With a gun they bought at Walmart discount stores.”
Elsewhere, the “All I Wanna Do” singer said she doesn’t regret swapping Los Angeles for Nashville in 2003 — but noted that her views don’t always align with those of her more conservative neighbors.
“Tennessee is a hard place for me. I mean, I struggle,” she told the outlet. “I call my representatives [in Congress] every single morning — Andy Ogles and Marsha Blackburn hear from me every day — because we have to stand up and be vocal and fight for the future for our kids.”
“I do think, ‘Are they laughing?’ But it’s like what Jimmy Carter said, As long as there’s legal bribery, we won’t ever have fair elections,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer went on.
“So we have to keep raising our voices and showing up to these organized rallies.”
Crow was hit with mass backlash after she dramatically bid adieu to her black Tesla in protest of “President Musk” in February.
“My parents always said… you are who you hang out with,” Crow, 63, wrote on Instagram along with the viral clip. “There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.”
The “Soak Up the Sun” singer didn’t say how much she raked in by pawning off the Tesla — the least expensive of which start at $42,000 — but promised to give all the cash to the radio network.
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