Kid Rock seeks distance from Nashville restaurant after report of ICE raid dodge
Kid Rock says he doesn't 'have anything to do' with the daily operations at a restaurant bearing his name after the Nashville dining spot was reportedly one of several places that recently closed its kitchen to avoid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
'Clearly I do not have anything to do with day to day operations at my Honky Tonk – but it's good click bait, I get it,' the 'All Summer Long' singer wrote to his more than 1.2 million followers on X on Monday.
'That being said I 100 percent support getting illegal criminals out of our country no matter where they are,' he added.
The social media post, which linked to a Daily Mail story, came in response to a recent report from the Nashville Scene.
'At the instruction of managers, restaurant employees without legal citizenship status left the premises at… Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N' Roll Steakhouse during a primetime rush on Saturday night to avoid detention by ICE agents,' the local news outlet reported last week. 'Locations, already struggling to provide full service, suffered through at least Sunday due to fears from employees who did not want to risk arrest by returning to work,' it added.
A representative for the restaurant could not be reached for comment.
Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, has been one of President Trump's most ardent celebrity supporters. He performed at the Republican National Convention last year and appeared alongside Trump in the Oval Office in March as the president signed an executive order aimed at curbing ticket scalping.
'I also like President Trump want to speed up the process of getting GREAT immigrants into our country – LEGALLY!' the 54-year-old musician said.
Kid Rock's Nashville restaurant — which bills itself as the 'biggest and baddest new honky tonk' — opened in 2018.
In a news release last week, ICE's New Orleans field office said it arrested 196 'criminal illegal aliens' as part of a 'weeklong targeted enforcement operation' across the greater Nashville area.
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