Chely Wright On Returning To The Opry For The First Time Since Coming Out
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Earlier this month, Chely Wright returned to the Grand Ole Opry stage. It was her first time performing at the iconic venue in ten years, and the first time since she came out as a lesbian in 2010.
“I played the Grand Ole Opry for the first time 30 years ago this year. I was introduced and brought on stage by the King of Country Music, Mr. Roy Acuff,” Chely said onstage. “And as I walked offstage…I thought to myself, ‘If I never get to do anything else again, if I never make it in Nashville, I just played the Grand Ole Opry.’”
And while Chely may not have been happy about her Opry absence, she wasn’t about to say anything bad about the institution. “I was never going to say anything pejorative about the Opry, but when the question was asked, “Have you been invited back to the Grand Ole Opry,” all I could say was, “No, not yet,’” she tells “Rolling Stone.” “There were undercurrents that kind of made that sound like a big story. I don’t want to say it wasn’t a big story to me because I hadn’t been invited back to the Grand Ole Opry. It was significant to me.”
Source: Rolling Stone
