You can't believe everything you read on the internet. Some people on social media have been clinging onto a claim that Garth Brooks had called for the country music world to boycott President Elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January. There are multiple posts online that suggest the country music superstar said it, though further research concludes that there are absolutely ZERO sources that can confirm Brooks ever stated such a thing. I didn't even bother reaching out to Garth's camp to confirm, mostly because... it's obvious. It seems to be a just a rumor that was started online - and at one point, "Garth Brooks" was trending because of it. Here are the two posts that were being heavily circulated online a couple of days before Christmas. Apparently posting a sentence and including a photo of a gif with it lends the message false credibility. The first post was viewed over 580,000 times, while the second post garnered around 40,000 views. Together, these two posts received 26 thousands likes: https://twitter.com/24SevenEyes/status/1871242218633117756 https://twitter.com/Neilgeorge420/status/1871290671682015531 Not only did people like the posts, they also reposted and shared them with reckless abandon. Over three thousand people shared or reposted the message that was presumably shared by Garth Brooks. Though as I stated earlier, there is no source that supports the "Friends In Low Places" singer actually suggested for country music artists to not support Donald Trump at his inauguration. Despite there not being a source to the news, people saw it on X (formerly known as Twitter) and assumed it was real, which prompted them to leave replies like these: Which is why the majority of country artist hate him. — lucas thomas (@lucaslthomasgq) December 24, 2024 He should read the room. — SmilinJim (@JamesWitmer6) December 24, 2024 I think country music should boycott Garth. Where are the bodies Garth — Alex Spilker (@Spilknasty182) December 24, 2024 Fortunately - and surprisingly - there were a number of people in the comments that were asking for a source for the quote. If you are to seek out whether or not Garth Brooks could actually be credited with saying this, the most recent news you'll find that includes the country music star and Donald Trump is from 2021. That's when the country star would have played at Trump's first inauguration in 2017 - if his scheduled would have allowed him to. Garth Brooks played at Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009, as well as Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021. He's formerly said that he's performed for every president since Carter at some point during their tenure in the past couple of decades, with the exception of Ronald Reagan. Which means he has played for Donald Trump for some sort of presidential event outside of the inaugural one. He would have played at Trump's inauguration if it wasn't for his 2016 tour being so successful that he had to add an additional weekend of shows, which just so happened to fall on the weekend of Trump's 2017 inauguration. Brooks told Billboard that though he couldn't attend and share in the moment with a performance, he was praying and hoping for unity: "I'll tell you with this whole presidential thing: We got one going out. Pray for him and his family. And for the president going in, pray for him and his family to guide this nation. Let's stay together. Love, unity -- that's what it's all about. We can't thank the Obamas enough for serving this country. And may God hold Trump's hand in the decisions that he makes in this country's name as well." Garth Brooks shared a similar message just before he sang "Amazing Grace" at Joe Biden's inauguration. While on a virtual press conference, the legendary country music singer expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to perform, saying it was an act of service and in no way a political statement: "This is a great day in our household. This is not a political statement. This is a statement of unity. I want to spend the next 10 years of my life not divided. I’m so tired of being divided." Garth has always been very careful about his political affiliations, never explicitly supporting one side or the other, however, it's been widely assumed that he's been a longtime Democrat. Early in his career, Garth made political headlines with his hit song “We Shall Be Free,” and more recently, he did take a side during the Bud Light controversy last year, making headlines by saying that his new Nashville bar would serve all beer and calling those who were boycotting the brand “a**holes.” Nevertheless, Garth has always called for unity and done the whole "peace and love" thing so... he surely didn't call for country music to boycott the Trump inauguration. And let's be honest, nobody would listen to him