'Fox & Friends' host Ainsley Earhardt calls out 'vulgar' Kacey Musgraves: 'What is happening to country music?'

"Fox & Friends" co-host Ainsley Earhardt has taken issue with country singer Kacey Musgraves speaking out in support of gun control while using "vulgar language."

During a segment that aired on Wednesday's episode of the Fox News program, Earhardt welcomed "Culture Jihad" author Todd Starnes on to discuss Musgraves' latest viral moment, which occurred during her set at Lollapalooza over the weekend following a pair of mass shootings in the United States.

The pair sat down to condemn the liberalization of country music by way of criticizing Musgraves for encouraging her audience to chant "somebody f--king do something" in unison at her show.

"What is happening to country music? She's up there preaching about gun control, but what about her language?" Earhardt asked. "What happened to, like, wholesome country singers?"

"I suspect that she was put on a good many church prayer lists after that diatribe at Lollapalooza. I'm not really surprised by this. I actually have in my book an entire chapter on how country music is actually going liberal," Starnes started. "Back in 2018, Billboard Magazine wrote a story about this and actually praised the way that Nashville was moving to the left and was becoming more progressive on issues."

The "Fox & Friends" guest went on to compare the rise of liberal country stars to an invasive plant, claiming that he "base" of country music fans doesn't want to hear musicians talk about politics or gun control.

"We have a lot of music executives that are driving this change. Ainsley, you and I are from the South, so we know a lot about kudzu and liberalism is a lot like kudzu: Once that starts to grow on something, can't get rid of it and it kills everything it touches," he explained. "That's the concern here, because when you look at the base of country music, whether it be in the South or even here in the Northeast, where there's a massive country music fanbase, these are people who believe in things like God and country and family and patriotism. And when they see people like Kacey Musgraves up there saying, 'Well, shame on the president! We gotta get the guns! We gotta get the guns!' that doesn't play well with the base."

The duo then discussed Musgraves' follow-up tweet following her viral performance in which she clarified her stances on guns.

"Let me be clear - I’m from Texas. I grew up around hunting and guns. There’s a time and place for that and even self protection in ways..but this is different," she tweeted. "The system is majorly flawed and NOBODY NEEDS ANYTHING REMOTELY AUTOMATIC. PERIOD. They’re mass killing machines."

Starnes called Musgraves "Dixie Chick-ified," calling back to the country group being essentially exiled from the industry back in 2002 after lead singer Natalie Maines said she was "ashamed" that then-president George W. Bush was from Texas.

"That's all well and good everyone has an opinion," Starnes responded. "Some country fans are saying, 'Just don't talk politics. Sing. That's what we paid good money to hear you do.'"

Earhardt seemed to be most offended by the Grammy winner's expletive-laced words, explaining that she was concerned that Musgraves had asked young people to curse along with her.

"What about the kids?" she asked as she explained that she has purchased two of Musgraves' songs. "Now I'm going to look differently at her, because she's chanting that vulgar language."

The conversation finished by Earhardt's guest suggesting that Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton and Trisha Yearwood should stage an intervention for Kacey Musgraves.