Maddie & Tae Get Emotional After Large Win at 2022 CMT Music Awards

Maddie & Tae stole the present on the 2022 CMT Music Awards on Monday evening (April 11), bringing residence the title of Duo/Group Video of the 12 months. The duo’s Maddie Font accepted the award in particular person throughout the present, whereas Tae Kerr joined from residence on an enormous display together with her brand-new child woman.

The duo received for his or her “Lady You Bought” video, and Font was notably excited and emotional, crying on stage and saying to her companion on display, “I miss you a lot and I am unable to do that with out you,” earlier than including with amusing, “And I have been ingesting as a result of I am so nervous.” Tae chimed in, “I really like you; you are doing nice.”

“That is a lot greater than an award to us,” Font added earlier than thanking the duo’s total group — and apologizing for saying “the F phrase” on stage. Evidently, it was fairly the speech and a genuinely heartwarming second, given the duo’s journey.

Competitors was tight on this class: Different nominees included Brothers Osborne‘s “I am Not for Everybody,” Dan + Shay‘s “Steal My Love,” Previous Dominion‘s “I Was on a Boat That Day,” Parmalee‘s “Take My Title” and Zac Brown Band‘s “Identical Boat.”

The lead single off the duo’s By way of the Insanity Vol. 1 album, “Lady You Bought” is an upbeat and assured earworm about getting married and being upfront about all of the eccentricities you carry to the desk. Fittingly, the music video options bandmates Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr of their components with their real-life husbands; each {couples} acquired married throughout the final three years.

The 2022 CMT Music Awards broadcast reside from Nashville on CBS. This yr marked the primary time that the awards present has aired on a significant community.