Ingrid Andress update: What happened after drunk 2024 HR Derby national anthem

USA Today

2 days ago

The Home Run Derby is tonight, which means it's time to reflect on past derbies and the moments we remember most. And when it comes to last year's contest, not many things stand out more than the scene before the derby even started -- when Ingrid Andress sung one of the worst renditions of the national anthem we can remember.
The 33-year-old country singer's off-key version of the anthem had fans comparing her to Fergie, something she later apologized for, saying she was drunk and was going to check herself into a facility for help.
Thankfully, Andress seems to be doing a lot better now. In February, she redeemed herself by singing the national anthem at a Colorado Rockies game (the Instagram post of that moment was her first social media activity since the apology). She released a song called Footprints in March. And last month, she gave Glamour a first-person account of what happened in the lead-up to the derby and the immediate aftermath.
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"I'm very open about going to rehab, because I think it's a privilege to be able to go. Sometimes there's such a taboo about it, like 'Oh, that person's broken,' but it felt like an emotional hospital for processing emotions and doing trauma work, and learning to care about how you feel again and what your coping mechanisms are. It was a bit of a relief too—I wasn't allowed to have my phone, which was helpful because I basically went straight from the anthem to rehab."
And there you have it. Everything seems to be about music again for the four-time Grammy nominee.