{"id":2475080,"date":"2026-06-25T12:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2475080"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:59:23","slug":"kash-patels-girlfriend-alexis-wilkins-slams-freedom-250-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kash-patels-girlfriend-alexis-wilkins-slams-freedom-250-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Alexis Wilkins Slams Freedom 250 Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kash Patel<\/strong>\u2018s country singer girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins<\/strong>, is speaking out on the backlash over her performance at President Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Great American State Fair.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just get a few things straight, because this is long overdue,\u201d Wilkins, 27, wrote via X on Wednesday, June 24. \u201cI have been a country music artist for years now. I have had a successful career in both music and commentary\/strategy. People don\u2019t get to negate that for clicks or headlines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilkins, who has been dating Patel, 46, since 2023, noted she was \u201cinvited to sing<\/a> this anthem on my own accord,\u201d the same way she has been with \u201cmany other places throughout my career.\u201d She also denied that she was \u201caccepting payment for this great honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Freedom250 entire celebration is on a fundraising arm; neither UFC nor any National Mall celebrations are \u2018taxpayer funded,’\u201d Wilkins continued. \u201cI\u2019m no longer accepting false narratives and total sham accusations that diminish my hard work and earned accomplishments, so please expect this kind of response to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan Is the Latest to Drop Out of Freedom 250 Concert<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tMartina McBride, Bret Michaels and several other artists backed out of appearing at the Great American State Fair\u2019s Freedom 250 concerts. The 16-day Great American State Fair has been promoted as a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, with exhibitions, parades and a controversial UFC event at the White House building up [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Wilkins originally announced on Tuesday, June 23, that she would be a featured performer at a celebration of America\u2019s 250th birthday. As she helped kick off the event on Wednesday, singing the national anthem alongside the president\u2019s United States Marine Band, some critics questioned whether Wilkins\u2019 participation violated federal ethics laws amid her romance with the FBI director.<\/p>\n

Before Wilkins took the stage at the 16-day festival, Martina McBride, Young MC, C+C Music Factory, Bret Michaels, The Commodores, Morris Day & The Time<\/strong> and Milli Vanilli\u2019s Fab Morvan<\/strong> were all set to make appearances but eventually dropped out due to Trump\u2019s involvement in the event.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, what was presented to us as a celebration of our country has evolved into something much more divisive than what I agreed to be a part of,\u201d Michaels, 63, wrote in an Instagram statement earlier this month. \u201cConcerns have also been raised regarding the safety of my fans, band, crew, family and myself, including threats that are completely unfounded and unforgivable.<\/p>\n

Morvan, 60, also spoke out about his decision to no longer join the festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here to, you know, to bring people together with music,\u201d the musician told celebrity.land in June. \u201cI\u2019m not into politics, so you hear it first here: I\u2019m not attending.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time, Morvan explained how he was approached to do the show.<\/p>\n

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