They also confirmed that Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard will also be absent due to testing positive for the coronavirus. In a statement released to ET, the Country Music Association confirmed that Brice would no longer attend Wednesday's ceremony. "So it's kind of like this really full circle moment of like, 'Well, I'm just gonna sing it with him too and try it out.'"Īs for how the change and Brice's COVID diagnosis has affected her feelings about the show, Pearce admitted "it's definitely different" but feels "very safe."
And what's funny is when we were thinking about people for the song, Charles was one of the voices that I knew could do it," she explained. "The CMAs actually had the idea for Charles. When it came to replacing Brice, Pearce shared that the CMAs had suggested him to replace Brice. "I'm so thankful to the CMAs for realizing this song was meant to be a duet and it wouldn't sound right if I sang it by myself," she noted, adding, "Charles Kelley of Lady A for the win!" But it's OK because things happen and I'm glad that he's OK." We finally felt like we were going to be able to do it. "I found out and it was obviously a disappointment just because we've had so much to celebrate with this song. So he's doing well and quarantining," Pearce said ahead of the awards ceremony. He doesn't have any symptoms so that's great.
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