Carrie Underwood Issues Blunt Truth About Hollywood

Carrie Underwood has given insight into how she navigates Hollywood and her faith, while sharing a blunt truth about the industry.

Rising to fame on “American Idol” in 2005, she became a chart-topping country star and has since returned to the show as a judge, finding fulfillment in mentoring new talent.

Offstage, Carrie Underwood balances family life with husband Mike Fisher and their two sons on their Tennessee farm, keeping her personal life authentic and hands-on despite her fame and busy schedule.

Carrie Underwood Says Hollywood Is A Self-Serving Business

For more than two decades, Underwood has navigated the highs and lows of Hollywood, yet one constant has anchored her career: her faith.

Following Monday’s faith-focused episode of “American Idol,” the country music icon, who won the show in 2005 and joined as a judge last year, reflected on how she has stayed grounded amidst the industry’s “self-serving” tendencies.

Underwood explained that the industry can feel detached from reality, with people focused on their own success and comfort, making it easy to lose touch with their roots. For her, faith has been the key to maintaining perspective and staying true to herself.

“Faith is the thing that can keep you grounded,” she told Fox News Digital. “When you’re in the entertainment industry, there are a lot of things that, and I’ve said this before, it’s just not real life. You can get caught up in a lot.”

“You’re kind of in a self-serving business,” the singer continued. “Everybody around you is there to make sure you’re good, and you’re happy, and you have everything you need, and I feel like you can start to… You can lose your roots real fast, you know. So I think faith is the only way to keep you grounded.”

The Singer Reflects On Career Journey And Returning To ‘American Idol’ As Judge

Underwood first captured audiences on “American Idol,” quickly achieving massive success with hits like “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats” from her debut album “Some Hearts,” which remains the best-selling debut by a solo female country artist.

She has since released eight more albums, including “Carnival Ride” (2007), “Play On” (2009), and “Blown Away” (2012), solidifying her place in country music.

Returning to “Idol” as a judge, she shared, has brought her career full circle.

“Every once in a while, I will see glimpses of myself in a hopeful way, whether it’s somebody being super nervous or sometimes stylistically, just navigating this,” she said. “This is weird, let’s be honest. Being up on stage, singing in front of a whole bunch of people on TV, it’s not your everyday kind of thing.”

She added, “So everybody’s figuring out how to navigate all of it. But I’m just glad that we get to be a part of somebody’s journey, lots of people’s journeys.”

Carrie Underwood Celebrates Faith On ‘American Idol’ With Uplifting Performance

On Monday, Underwood performed the hymn “How Great Thou Art” and applauded “American Idol” for allowing contestants to express their faith.

She described the evening as uplifting and heartwarming, saying it was inspiring to see people share what mattered to them, whether through songs of personal inspiration or praise.

“It was something that they got to praise the Lord with. It was just a joyful, happy, lovely night,” she added.

The Country Star Doesn’t Bring Her ‘Work Home’

Balancing her career with family life, Underwood recently told “The View” how she keeps her home life grounded on her Tennessee farm with husband Mike Fisher and their sons, Isaiah and Jacob.

“I don’t bring work home with me,” she explained. “And it is the opposite of what I do everywhere else, like being on stage and being at home. These are two different people, pretty much, and I love that because it’s like they’ll come to shows, and they’ll see me do what I do, and I feel like they’re proud.”

She continued, describing her hands-on approach at home: “I’m usually covered in dirt, or I have farm animals everywhere, or I’m covered in poop or whatever it is. That’s mom, and I hope, more than anything, that’s what they take away from me, and that’s what they remember about me. Like she was mom, and every once in a while she goes and gets on stage.”

Carrie Underwood And Mike Fisher Celebrate At Nashville Predators Game

Meanwhile, Underwood and her husband, former NHL player Mike Fisher, recently attended a Nashville Predators game against the Montreal Canadiens at Bridgestone Arena.

The team’s official Instagram shared a photo of the couple smiling, with Underwood wearing a yellow Predators jersey featuring Fisher’s former number, 12, while he held personalized bobbleheads of them in matching jerseys.

The pair met in 2008 through a mutual friend and got engaged in December 2009. They married on July 10, 2010, at a Ritz-Carlton resort in Georgia and have since welcomed two sons, Isaiah, 11, and Jacob, 7.

In a 2019 interview with People Magazine, Underwood described Fisher as the partner she was always meant to be with. She reflected that her previous relationships never felt quite right, but with Fisher, “it was like a good partnership.” She emphasized that their connection “was an easy relationship to be in.”